LOT 3836
Kingdom of Pergamon, Eumenes II AE 11mm. Circa 197-159 BC. In the name of Philetairos.
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ, bee. BMC 65; SNG Copenhagen 353; Imhoof-Blumer F., Die Münzen Der Dynastie Von Pergamon 62, pl. III, 7. Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.(1.12gr, 11mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
The attribution of this small bronze to Eumenes II is based mainly on Imhoof-Blumer's thesis that the majority of the bronzes bearing the name of Philetairos depict the controls of the contemporaneous tetradrachms.
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LOT 3836
Kingdom of Pergamon, Eumenes II AE 11mm.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Islands off Thrace. Thasos AR Hemiobol. Circa 411-340 BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of bald and bearded satyr to right / Θ-Α-Σ-I, two dolphins, one above the other, swimming left and right; all within shallow incuse. Le Rider, Thasiennes, 12; SNG Copenhagen 1033. 0.37gr, 8mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex TimeLine. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
Judaea. Herodians, Herod III Antipas AE Half Unit. Dated RY 33 (29/30 CE). Tiberias mint.
Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
TIBEPIAC in two lines within wreath / HPωΔΟΥ TETPAPXOY, palm frond; across fields, L ΛΓ (date). RPC I 4923; Hendin 6235; Meshorer 80. 5.85gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Drachm. Struck under Menander or Kleitos, in the name and types of Alexander III. Sardes, circa 323-319 BC.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £44
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; ΑΛEΞANΔPOY to right, monogram above torch in left field. Price 2589; Müller 91. 4.21gr, 18mm, 2h.
Very Fine; struck on a broad flan, full borders visible.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 94, 24 February 2022, lot 200. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
