LOT 3186
Islands off Caria. Rhodos, Rhodes AR Drachm. Circa 88-84 BC. ΦΙΛΩΝ (Philon), magistrate. 'Plinthophoric' coinage.
Radiate head of Helios to right / ΦIΛΩN, rose with bud to left; grain ear to lower right, P-O flanking; all within incuse square. Jenkins, Rhodian, Group E, 251; HN Online 175; HGC 6, 1461. Good Very Fine. Pleasant old cabinet tone. Small flan flaws.(2.97gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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Thrace, Mesambria AR Tetradrachm. Circa 150-125 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ [ΑΛ]ΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; in inner left field, helmet above ΔA; ΠPO monogram beneath throne. Price 1062; Topalov, Messambria 18; HGC 3, 1568. 16.86gr, 30mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine. Toned. Obverse slightly double struck.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Cyprus, Evagoras I AR Obol. Circa 411-374 BC. Salamis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Bare male head to right / Blank. BMC 47; Tziambazis 116. 0.69gr, 11mm.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Ionia, Magnesia ad Maeandrum AE 19mm. Circa 145-early 1st century BC. ΕΥΚΛΗΣ and ΚΡΑΤΙΝΟΣ (Eukles and Kratinos), magistrates.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Helmetted head of Athena to right / [MAΓΝΗΤΩΝ], warrior, holding spear, on horse galloping to right; N to left, ΕΥΚΛΗΣ ΚΡΑTΙΝΟΣ below. Kinns, Didrachm 5; SNG Kayhan 429-31. 7.08gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
