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LOT 2951
Ionia, Teos AR Diobol. Circa 320-294 BC. ΜΕΝΤΩΡ (Mentor), magistrate.
Griffin seated to right, right forepaw raised / ΤΗΙ ΜΕΝΤΩ[Ρ], chelys. Kinns 95 var. (magistrate's name downward to left). Extremely Fine. Attractively toned with hints of blue iridescence around the devices on obverse.(0.92gr, 10mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired in London in 2011.
Private collection, Switzerland.
Teos came under the rule of the Achaemenids, when Cyrus II (559-529 BC) was king. The occupation by the Persians led to the exodus of a large part of the population of Teos, between 545 and 540 BC, to Thrace, where they participated in the rebuilding of the city of Abdera. The two cities struck similar silver coins with the depiction of the griffin, seated on the right for Teos and on the left for Abdera.
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Kings of Bithynia, Nikomedes III Euergetes AR Tetradrachm. Dated CY 193 (105/4 BC). Nicomedia mint.
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Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / [ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ], Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; lyre in left field, A beneath throne. Price 1769. 4.00gr, 19mm, 10h.
Good Fine. Area of corrosion on reverse.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman, acquired before 1985, thence by descent 2025.
