LOT 3215
Ionia, Ephesos AE 13mm. Circa 390-325 BC. Uncertain magistrate.
Bee / Stag kneeling to left, head reverted; astragalos(?) above; magistrate's name before. Cf. Karwiese II, Series 11.3. Good Fine.(2.05gr, 13mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos III AE 11mm. 222-187 BC. Antioch(?) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΒΑΣΙΛ[ΕΩΣ] ΑΝΤ-ΙΟ[ΧΟΥ], Apollo standing to left, holding bow and testing arrow. Cf. SC 1055 and 1064; HGC 9, 562. 1.39gr, 11mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Lydia, Thyessos AE 18mm. Circa 400-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate head of Zeus Ammon to left / Eight-rayed star, Θ-Y above. GRPC Lydia 3; BMC 3 (Troas, Thymbra); SNG von Aulock 1584 (same). 5.24gr, 18mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Very rare city.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
For the reattribution of this coinage from Thymbra in Troas to Thyessos in Lydia, see D. S. Lenger, Thyessos in Lydia, not Thymbra in the Troad in D. Boteva, ed., Ex nummis lux: Studies in Ancient Numismatics in Honor of Dimitar Draganov (Sofia, 2017). -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AE Unit. 359-336 BC. Uncertain mint in Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Diademed male head to right / ΦIΛIΠΠOV, youth on horseback to right; spearhead below. SNG ANS 850-1; SNG Alpha Bank 354-8. 8.18gr, 20mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
