LOT 3235
Islands off Caria. Rhodos, Rhodes AE 14mm. Circa 226-220 B.C.
Diademed and veiled female bust (of Berenike II?) to right / [PO], prow of galley to right; above, rose. R. Ashton: Rhodian Bronze Coinage and the Earthquake of 229-229 BC, in: NC 1986, Group 1; BMC 228; SNG Kayhan 1706. Very Fine. Very rare and of historical importance.(3.04gr, 14mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
R. Ashton connects this type with the disaster relief sent by Ptolemy III to Rhodes after the devastating earthquake of circa 226 BC.
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Cyprus, Marion AE 21mm. Timarchos or Stasioikos II, 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Shield adorned with wreath containing ['sa-pa'] in Cypriot / Head of lion to left; [MAPIEYΣ] below. Cf. Tziambazis Supp. 20 (no king named); Destrooper 16 (no king named); cf. Roma E-91, 496 corr. (Stasioikos II) and Roma E-74, 668 (Timarchos). 7.83gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 101, 13 October 2022, lot 515. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
The two Roma Numismatics auction specimens listed both have clear letters on the obverse, one reading 'ti-pa' and the other 'sa-pa' for Timarchos and Stasioikos II. -
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Kings of Armenia, Tigranes II AE Dichalkon. Dated RY 6 (91/0 BC). Nisibis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Head of Tigranes II to left, wearing four-pointed tiara decorated with star and tied with diadem; to left, c/m: APK within rectangular incuse / BAΣΙΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOY TIΓPANOY, tree; in inner left and right fields, I ς (date). Kovacs 64. 3.83gr, 17mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Asia Minor, Uncertain mint (or Paphlagonia, Enetoi) AE 18mm. Circa 3rd-2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion-skin headdress / Monogram of EN containing kerykeion; bow to left, arrow head upwards to right, aphlaston below. Imhoof-Blumer, Kleinasiatische Münzen II, p. 529, 7 (uncertain mint) var. (arrangement of reverse symbols); J-N. Svoronos, JIAN 8-9 (1905), p. 166, 17, pl. V, 19 (Ennaia or Anaia, Karia). 4.21gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine. An extremely rare type.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
