LOT 3267
Kings of Cappadocia, Ariaramnes AE 17mm. Circa 280-230 BC. Uncertain Cappadocian mint.
Head to right, wearing bashlyk / Horse trotting to right; APIAPAMNOY and エ above; monogram behind. Simonetta -; Simonetta, Coins -; SNG Copenhagen -; Ganschow -; SNG von Aulock -; BMC-; HGC 7, -. Very Fine. Exceedingly Rare; unpublished and apparently unique variant.(2.74gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3267
Kings of Cappadocia, Ariaramnes AE 17mm.
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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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Possibly type IV (middle) B. Lydo-Milesian standard.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B. 5.58gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Thessaly Peumata AE Chalkous. Circa 302-286 BC.
Estimate: £10 - 20 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Wreathed head of Achilles to right / Inscription around AX monogram, Phrygian helmet(?) in right field. Cf. Rogers 442; cf. BCD Thessaly II 565. 1.31gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Drachm. Circa 323-318 BC. Sardes mint. Struck under Menander or Kleitos, in the types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £5
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ to right, bee in left field, monogram beneath throne. Price P104; Müller P72; ADM I Series XV. 4.23gr, 16mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine. Scarce.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 91, 2 December 2021, lot 321. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
