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LOT 3269
Kings of Armenia, Tigranes II AE Dichalkon. Dated RY 6 (91/0 BC). Nisibis mint.
Head of Tigranes II to left, wearing four-pointed tiara decorated with star and tied with diadem; to left, c/m: APK within rectangular incuse / BAΣΙΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOY TIΓPANOY, tree; in inner left and right fields, I ς (date). Kovacs 64. Very Fine.(3.83gr, 17mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3269
Kings of Armenia, Tigranes II AE Dichalkon.
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Paphlagonia, Sesamos AE 16mm. Circa 360-330 BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Laureate head of Zeus to left / [ΣΗ]-ΣΑ, wreathed head of Demeter to left. RG 2; HGC 7, 379. 3.54gr, 16mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Sicily, Morgantina(?) AE 19mm. Carthaginian occupation, circa 212-211 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter to right / Horse galloping to right. Cf. HGC 2, 175 (Akragas). 6.29gr, 19mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AE 19mm. 121-110 BC. Antioch mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Diademed and radiate head to right / [B]AΣIΛEΩ[Σ] ANTIOX[OY EΠIΦANOYΣ], eagle standing to left, sceptre under far wing, date and symbols off flan/obscured. Cf. SC 2300.2; HGC 9, 1212; DCA 279. 4.96gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 104, 15 December 2022, lot 522. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
