LOT 3214
Ionia, Ephesos AR Tetartemorion. Circa 550-500 BC.
Bee, with spread wings, seen from above / Incuse square punch. Cf. Karwiese Series III. Near Very Fine.(0.11gr, 5mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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North Africa, Carthage AE 19mm. Circa late 4th-early 3rd century BC. Uncertain mint in Sicily and/or Carthage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Wreathed head of Tanit to left / Horse galloping to right. CNP 126; MAA 15; SNG Copenhagen 94-6. 6.43gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Islands off Cilicia, Elaioussa Sebaste AE 21mm. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Laureate head of Zeus to right; Σ behind / EΛAIOYΣΣΙΩN, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm frond; ΔIΟ to left. SNG BnF 1131 var. (obv. control); SNG Levante 823 var. (same). 7.44gr, 21mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine. Rare variant.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Phrygia, Eriza AE 17mm. 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Laureate head of Zeus to right / EPIZH/NΩN, eagle standing to right on thunderbolt with wings spread. SNG Copenhagen 364; SNG von Aulock 8361; Von Aulock, Phrygien I, 259-271. 4.88gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare city.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
