LOT 3273
Judaea, Caesarea Maritima AE 'Minim'. Circa 2nd-3rd century CE.
Turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right / Lion standing to right, scales above. Not in the standard references. Very Fine. Apparently unpublished and possibly unique.(1.52gr, 11mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 26mm. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑN ΚΑΛΧΑ, Poseidon seated to right on rock, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left; ΔΑ in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1257-1262; HGC 3.2, 1428. 11.28gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Islands off Caria. Rhodos, Rhodes AR Drachm. Circa 88-84 BC. ΦΙΛΩΝ (Philon), magistrate. 'Plinthophoric' coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
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. 2.97gr, 16mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Pleasant old cabinet tone. Small flan flaws.
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. -
Sicily, Akragas Cast AE Hexas or Dionkion. Circa 450 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Eagle standing to left / Crab. Two pellets (mark of value) on base. SNG Copenhagen 63; HGC 2, 128. 7.26gr, 15mm.
Good Fine.
Ex London, UK, gentleman 1980-1990s.
