LOT 3330
Kings of Characene, Attambelos IV BI(?) Tetradrachm. Dated SE 365 (AD 53/4). Charax-Spasinu mint.
Diademed head to right, without beard / Herakles seated to left on rock, holding club; TΞЄ (date) in exergue. Near Very Fine.(14.54gr, 27mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Islands off Ionia, Samos AE 12mm. Circa 400-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
ΗΓΗΣΙΑΝΑΞ (Hegesianax), magistrate. Head of Hera to right, wearing stephane and necklace / ΣA above, HΓHΣIANAΞ beneath prow of Samian galley to right. BMC -; cf. Barron pp. 204, 211, and 217 for magistrate; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -. 1.59gr, 12mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare issue.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Lesbos, Eresos(?) AE 9mm. Circa 3rd-2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Head of Hermes to right, wearing petasos / Grain ear; kerykeion to right. Apparently not in the standard references. 0.65gr, 9mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Troas, Larissa (as Ptolemais) AE 16mm. 3rd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΠTOΛEMAIEΩN, amphora on base, double cornucopiae to left. 1.70gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
