LOT 3218
Ionia, Lebedos AE 12mm. Circa 4th-3rd centuries BC.
[ΛEBEΔIΩ], prow to left / Cow standing to left, head turned to right towards calf suckling to right below; above, spearhead to right. Imhoof-Blumer, Antike griechische Münzen, in: SNG XIX (1913), p. 38, 108 corr. (legend); Lindgren III 1644 corr. (misdescribed as Leukas) = Münzen & Medaillen GmbH 21 (2007), 790 corr. (as 'incert'). Near Very Fine. Extremely rare smalll denomination of Lebedos.(1.29gr, 12mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Lycia, Limyra AE 13mm. Circa 200-168 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Laureate head of Apollo to right / Λ-Ι, winged thunderbolt. BMC 1-2, pl. XIII, 3. 1.82gr, 13mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare city; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. Time of Kleopatra III & Ptolemy IX to Ptolemy X AE 40 Drachms-Obol. Circa 113/2–82/1 BC. Alexandria mint. Series 9.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon to right / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, two eagles with closed wings, standing to left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left. CPE B745; Svoronos 1426; SNG Copenhagen 311-4. 8.01gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the London, UK, art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Kings of Commagene, Mithradates I Kallinikos AE Tetrachalkon. Circa 96-70 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Head of Mithradates I to right, wearing bashlyk tied with diadem / BAΣIΛEΩΣ MIΘPAΔATOY KAΛΛINIKOY, Athena standing facing, head to left, extending her right hand and holding spear and shield in her left. Kovacs 221. 4.60gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
