LOT 3270
Kings of Armenia Minor, Mithradates AE Chalkous. Circa 180s-170s BC.
Draped female bust to left / Draped bust of Mithradates to left, bearded and wearing upright bashlyk tied with a diadem; before, monogram of AP; behind, 'q' in Aramaic. Kovacs 30 corr. (legend not noted). Near Very Fine.(1.49gr, 11mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3270
Kings of Armenia Minor, Mithradates AE Chalkous.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Aeolis, Larissa Phrikonis AE 11mm. 4th century BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Apollo to right / [ΛΑΡΙΣΑΙΩΝ], bull standing to right. BMC -; SNG Ashmolean -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; Obolos 23, 437 (hammer: 374 GBP). 1.10gr, 11mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished and the second known example.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Phoenicia, Sidon AR 1/16 Shekel. Time of Mazday (Mazaios), circa 353-333 BC. Dated RY 17(?) (337/6 BC).
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Phoenician galley to left; date above, waves below / Persian king or hero, holding dagger in right hand, standing to right, fighting lion standing to left on hind legs, Phoenician letters between; all within incuse square. Cf. Elayi & Elayi Group IV.6.2.k; cf. DCA 859; HGC 10, 265. 0.60gr, 9mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Troas, Larissa (as Ptolemais) AE 16mm. 3rd century BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΠTOΛEMAIEΩN, amphora on base, double cornucopiae to left. 1.70gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
