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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LOT 3122
Islands off Thrace. Lemnos, Hephaistia AE 13mm.
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Group of Ten (10) Greek AE Coins. Circa 3rd-1st century BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Comprising: mixed rulers, issues, denominations and reverse types. 0.63gr total.
As shown.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 18mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; [H-F?] in Aramaic across fields / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. 3.95gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of Mr Brian Edwards, New Malden, Surrey, UK, formed from the late 1970s-early 1980s; thence by descent. -
Ionia, Miletos AE 10mm. 3rd century BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Apollo slightly to right / Lion standing to right, its head to left; star above, [magistrate's name] below. 0.86gr, 10mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
