LOT 3122
Islands off Thrace. Lemnos, Hephaistia AE 13mm. 276/261-167 BC.
Radiate head of Helios to right / H-Φ A-I, Dionysos standing facing, head to left, holding kantharos with right and thyrsos with left hand. SNG Copenhagen (Thrace) 984; HGC 6, 295 (R2). Near Very Fine. Corroded. Extremely rare issue of Hephaistia. No other examples on CoinArchives.(1.97gr, 13mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Ionia, Ephesos AR Tetartemorion. Circa 550-500 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Bee, with spread wings, seen from above / Incuse square punch. Cf. Karwiese Series III. 0.11gr, 5mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Possibly type IV (middle) B. Lydo-Milesian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B. 5.58gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Laconia, Lakedaimon (Sparta) AE 17mm. Circa 48-35 BC. ΑΦΙ- (Aphi-), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Jugate heads of the Dioskouroi to right / Λ-A, two amphorae; Α-Φ-Ι in fields. BCD Peloponnesos II 2349; Grunauer group XV, series 9; HGC 5, 629. 3.63gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
