LOT 3175
Ionia, Magnesia ad Maeandrum AR Hemidrachm. Circa 350-325 BC. ΑΝΑΞΙΜΒΡΟΤΟΣ (Anaximbrotos), magistrate.
Helmetted warrior, in military attire and holding lance in his right hand, on horseback to right / ΜΑΓ, bull butting to left on meander pattern; [to right, corn ear?], [Α]ΝΑΞΙΜΒΡ[...] below. Cf. Klein 409; cf. SNG Kayhan I 415. Very Fine.(1.53gr, 12mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceEx Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Ionia, Magnesia ad Maeandrum AR Hemidrachm. Circa 350-325 BC. ΑΝΑΞΙΜΒΡΟΤΟΣ (Anaximbrotos), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Helmetted warrior, in military attire and holding lance in his right hand, on horseback to right / ΜΑΓ, bull butting to left on meander pattern; [to right, corn ear?], [Α]ΝΑΞΙΜΒΡ[...] below. Cf. Klein 409; cf. SNG Kayhan I 415. 1.53gr, 12mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Troas, Gentinos AE 11mm. Circa 350-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Female head to right, wearing mural crown; crescent(?) before / Г-Е, bee in linear square. SNG Copenhagen 336 (crescent not mentioned); SNG Ashmolean 1141 (same). 1.41gr, 11mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Very rare mint.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Ionia, Ephesos AR Hemiobol. Circa 550-500 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Bee with spread wings seen from above / Incuse square of mill-sail form, divided into raised and sunken triangles. Karwiese Series III; Rosen 572. 0.39gr, 7mm.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
