LOT 3268
Kings of Armenia, Tigranes II AE Dichalkon. Circa 96-56 BC. Nisibis mint.
Head to left, wearing four-pointed tiara / BAΣΙΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOY TIΓPANOY ΦΙΛΕΛΛHNOC, Nike standing to right, holding wreath; M-A across fields. Kovacs 67. Near Very Fine. Rare.(3.52gr, 19mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3268
Kings of Armenia, Tigranes II AE Dichalkon.
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Phrygia, Sanaos AE 18mm. 2nd century BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΑΠΟΛ- (Apol-), magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΣΑΝΑΗΝΩΝ ΑΠΟΛ, tripod flanked by two laurel branches. Imhoof-Blumer, KM, p. 286, 1; Von Aulock, Phrygien I, 856-8. 3.76gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Edge chipped. Extremely rare mint.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
Sanaos was probably located on the northern coast of the salt Lake Anava, on the eastern road between Apamea and Laodicea. -
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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos I Soter AE 12mm. 281-261 BC. Tarsos mint.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet / BA AN, laureate pileus. SC 334; HGC 9, 217 (R3). 1.34gr, 12mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AR Drachm. Struck circa 301/0-300/299 BC. Abydos mint. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left; in left field, forepart of lion left above monogram; below throne, head right, wearing Phrygian cap. Thompson 65 var. (monogram); Müller -; Price 1582 var. (same); HGC 3, 1751c; SNG Saroglos 726. 4.38gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
