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)
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Mysia, Lampsakos AR Diobol. Circa 510-490 BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Janiform female heads / Helmeted head of Athena to left within incuse square. Baldwin, Lampsakos, Group A, I, pl. V, 14-5; SNG Arikantürk 597; SNG BnF 1126. 1.21gr, 10mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Phrygia, Peltae AE 10mm. Before 133 BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Zeus (or Herakles) to right / ΠΕΛΤΗ-ΝΩΝ, club with lion's skin hanging over handle, monogram(?) to right. Cf. Imhoof-Blumer, KM, p.283, 6. 1.04gr, 10mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
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.
