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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Attica, Athens AE 9mm. Clerouchy of Delos, Period III, circa 166-150 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Laureate head of Apollo to right / Quiver; AΘΕ in fields. Svoronos, Monnaies pl. 106, 33-41. 0.94gr, 9mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
It is in the Periods II-III and after the acquisition of Delos in 167/166 BC, that Delian Apollo and his attributes make their appearance as Athenian coin types and dominate the obverses of these small bronze denominations. -
Cyclades, Paros AE Dichalkon. Late 3rd-mid 2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Wreathed head of Demeter to right / ΠAPI, goat standing to right; in right field, grain ear(?). Cf. HGC 6, 670. 4.09gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare, apparently unpublished with this control.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Kleopatra VII Thea Neotera with Ptolemy XV Caesarion AE 27mm. Circa 37-30 BC. Uncertain mint on Cyprus(?).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Head of Zeus-Ammon to right / ΠΤΟΛΕΜ[ΑΙΟ]Υ ΒΑΣ[ΙΛΕΩΣ], eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt, palm frond behind shoulder; monogram to right. RPC I 3903; Tziambazis 69; Svoronos 1875 (Cyprus); BMC 52-3. 8.80gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Double struck. Very Rare; RPC lists only 9 examples.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 101, 13 October 2022, lot 559. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 115, 21 December 2023, lot 439. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
