LOT 3225
Islands off Ionia, Samos AE 12mm. Circa 400-200 BC.
ΗΓΗΣΙΑΝΑΞ (Hegesianax), magistrate. Head of Hera to right, wearing stephane and necklace / ΣA above, HΓHΣIANAΞ beneath prow of Samian galley to right. BMC -; cf. Barron pp. 204, 211, and 217 for magistrate; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -. Very Fine. Extremely rare issue.(1.59gr, 12mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AE 23mm. Struck after 301 BC. Uncertain mint in Western Anatolia.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Male head in peaked Phrygian helmet to right / Trophy; [BAΣ]ΙΛΕΩΣ to left, [ΛYΣI]MAXOY to right. SNG Copenhagen 1164; HGC 3.2, 1755. 6.22gr, 23mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2009. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 104, 15 December 2022, lot 217. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Hadrian AE Half Quadrans or Chalkous of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / S C and Θ within laurel wreath. RPC III Online 3713; Butcher 241; McAlee 543i. 0.89gr, 11mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine. Rare small denomination.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 546-527 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,820
Archaic head of Athena to right, wearing crested helmet decorated with chevron and dot pattern, and round earring / Owl standing to right with head facing, olive sprig behind, ΑΘΕ before; all within incuse square. Cf. Svoronos pl. 4, 31; HGC 4, 1590. 17.05gr, 23mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
