LOT 3213
Ionia, Ephesos AR Obol. Circa 550-500 BC.
Bee seen from above / Quadripartite incuse square. Karwiese, Series II; SNG Kayhan -. Very Fine.(0.42gr, 7mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3213
Ionia, Ephesos AR Obol.
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos II Theos(?) AE 13mm. Circa 261-246 BC. Ekbatana mint.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Diademed head to right / Apollo Delphios, testing arrow and resting hand on grounded bow, seated to left on omphalos; [ΒΑ]ΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, [ΑΝ]ΤΙΟΧ[ΟΥ] to left. Cf. SC 611; cf. HGC 9, 286. 2.48gr, 13mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy I Soter AE Obol. Circa 294-282 BC. Palaipaphos mint.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £5
Head of Aphrodite to right, wearing polos ornamented with palmettes / [ΠTO]ΛEMAI[OY], eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt. CPE B118; Svoronos 74; Cox, Curium 31. 9.52gr, 21mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Tooled. Very rare.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 98, 16 June 2022, lot 492. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Troas, Hamaxitos AE 11mm. Circa 400-300 BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΑΜΑ-ΞΙ, lyre. SNG von Aulock 7601; SNG Copenhagen 342. 1.44gr, 11mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine. Rare city.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
According to Aelian, the inhabitants of Hamaxitus worshipped mice, and for this reason called Apollo, their chief divinity, Smintheus (='mouse' in the Aeolian dialect).
