LOT 3133
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AE Unit. 336-323 BC. Uncertain mint in Western Asia Minor.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin / BAΣIΛEΩΣ, bow in quiver to left; below, club above torch to left; c/m: head of lion to right. Price 2800. Near Very Fine.(5.65gr, 19mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Islands off Thrace. Lemnos, Hephaistia AE 13mm. 276/261-167 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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). 1.97gr, 13mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine. Corroded. Extremely rare issue of Hephaistia. No other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Mysia, Lampsakos AR Diobol. Circa 450-350 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Janiform female heads, with central earring / ΛΑ-[Μ]-Ψ, helmeted head of Athena to right within incuse square. Baldwin, Lampsakos Group B, Type I, 3-4; SNG Arikantürk 621. 1.28gr, 12mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Lesbos, Eresos(?) AE 9mm. Circa 3rd-2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Head of Hermes to right, wearing petasos / Grain ear; kerykeion to right. Apparently not in the standard references. 0.65gr, 9mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
