LOT 3177
Ionia, Magnesia ad Maeandrum AE 20mm. 2nd-1st centuries BC. ΕΥΚΛΗΣ, ΚΡΑΤΙΝΟΣ (Eukles, Kratinos), magistrates.
Draped bust of Artemis to right, wearing stephane and with bow and quiver over shoulder / ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ EYKΛHΣ KPATINOΣ, humped bull butting to right; A between hind legs. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 851 (no A); SNG von Aulock -; BMC -; cf. SNG Tübingen 2956 (same). Near Very Fine. Olive-green patina.(7.62gr, 20mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceEx Münzzentrum Rheinland.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Caria, Knidos AR Trihemiobol. Circa 500-490 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Head of lion to right / Head of Aphrodite to right; palmette to upper right, lotus flower to lower right; all in dotted square within incuse square. Cahn Series I, 18 var. (V6/R– [unlisted rev. die]); HN Online 596 (same dies as illustration); Peus Nachfolger, 428, 266; CNG, Triton XXVII, 5238. 1.75gr, 12mm, 9h.
Good Very Fine. Toned. Die break at edge on reverse. Very rare variant with floral symbols.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
BACIΛЄധC AΓPIΠA, canopy / Three ears of corn; [L] Ϛ (date) across fields. RPC I 4981; TJC 120; Hendin GBC 6, 6274; Hendin GBC 5, 1244; Sofaer 153-6. 2.70gr, 17mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Thrace, Chersonesos AR Hemidrachm. Circa 357-320 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Forepart of lion to right, head reverted / Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; in two sunken quarters: pellet and monogram, pellet. McClean -; HGC 3.2, 1437. 1.92gr, 14mm.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unique variant.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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