LOT 3236
Islands off Caria. Rhodos, Rhodes AE 11mm. Circa 350-300 BC.
Head of Nymphe to right / Rose. HGC 6, 1479. Near Very Fine.(1.22gr, 11mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceLondon, UK, art market, 1980s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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Phrygia, Peltae AE 10mm. Before 133 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Laureate head of Zeus (or Herakles) to right / ΠΕΛΤΗ-ΝΩΝ, club with lion's skin hanging over handle, monogram(?) to right. Cf. Imhoof-Blumer, KM, p.283, 6. 1.04gr, 10mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Pontos, Pharnakeia AE 17mm. Struck under Pharnakes I, circa 185-125 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΦΑΡΝΑ-ΚΕΩΝ, zebu butting to right, head facing. SNG BM Black Sea 1274; RG I, 3; HGC 7, 295. 5.24gr, 17mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Berenike II, wife of Ptolemy III AE Dichalkon. Circa 244/3-221 BC. Uncertain mint on the Levantine Coast.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
ΒΕPENIKHΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ, diademed and draped bust of Berenike II to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, filleted cornucopiae. Svoronos 1054; CPE B454; SNG Copenhagen -; Weiser 82. 3.89gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
