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 Exceedingly Rare; unpublished and apparently unique variant.(2.74gr, 17mm, 12h.).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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Lesbos, Antissa AE 9mm. Circa 250/40-167 BC.
Estimate: £100 - 120 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Bull standing to left, head reverted; star below / A-N; club. Joy 600b; HGC 6, 872. 1.03gr, 9mm, 2h.
Very Fine. Very rare mint.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
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Troas, Sigeion AE 10mm. Circa 355-334 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Helmeted head of Athena to right / Σ- ΙΓ-Ε, crescent to left. BMC 21; SNG Copenhagen 499-500; SNG von Aulock 1572. 0.92gr, 10mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Uncertain Ruler in the name of Antiochos I Soter(?) AE 12mm. 3rd century BC. Uncertain Western mint.
Estimate: £100 - 150 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Male head to right, wearing laureate and crested Attic helmet / AN-TI, bull butting to right. Cf. SC 354 (Apollo; perhaps Antioch on the Orontes); Roma Numismatics, e-Sale 112, 529 (hammer: 850 GBP); otherwise unpublished. 1.66gr, 12mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly Rare; the third known example and of considerable numismatic importance.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
The closest example to our coin is this of SC 354 (=SNG Spaer 216). Although the obverse is described as Apollo, it is nevertheless very worn. Upon closer examination one could see that the two coins share the same type. According to SC 354 note 'The Kritt specimen shows an apparent helmet crest behind Apollo's head, perhaps evidence for overstriking on an earlier variety featuring Athena'. SC's suggestion of Antioch as a possible mint is repeated from SNG Spaer. The reverse is similar to those from Seleukeia ad Tigrim but the fabric is quite different (cf. Brian Kritt, From Aï Khanoum to Samarqand. Seleucid Coins in Central Asia, pl. 8). Our coin is more reminiscent of western mints, but the identification of a specific mint is still impracticable. The most interesting feature, however, is the mysterious face depicted on the obverse, whose parallel example cannot be found in the references.
