LOT 3237
Karia, uncertain 'Mint E' AR Diobol. Circa 380-340 BC.
Bare head of bearded male to right / Forepart of bull to left, [Ǝ (= Carian "Y") on shoulder]. Konuk, Coin M48; HN Online 1707.1. Good Very Fine. Extremely rare.(1.23gr, 10mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceEx Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 522, 24 August 2022, lot 140.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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Pontos, Amisos AE 20mm. Time of Mithradates VI Eupator, circa 85-65 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Aegis / [AMI]-ΣOY, Nike advancing to right, holding palm over her left shoulder; to right, monogram. HGC 7, 242. 7.40gr, 20mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Troas, Gargara AE 17mm. Circa 400-284 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate head of Apollo to right; c/m: bucranion(?) / ΓΑΡ, horse prancing to left. SNG Copenhagen 332; SNG von Aulock -; Obolos 38, 241 (hammer: 333 GBP). 4.03gr, 17mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare with horse prancing to left and one of the few examples from Gargara countermarked. Only one other example on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Sicily, Syracuse AE Tetras. Time of Timoleon and the Third Democracy, circa 344-332 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
ΖΕΥΣ ΕΛΕΥΘ-ΟΣ, laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios to left; behind, in the field to right, star of eight rays / ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ. triskeles to left. Calciati 82; HGC 2, 1457; SNG ANS 544; SNG Morcom 720. 6.46gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Slightly tooled.
Ex John Moore, York, UK, in the late 1990s. Property of a Harrow, UK gentleman.
