LOT 3140
Kings of Illyria, Genthios AE 20mm. 181-168 BC. Skodra mint.
Draped bust of Redon to right, wearing petasos / [BAΣIΛEOΣ] ΓENΘIOY, prow of galley. HGC 3.1, 77. Near Very Fine. Very rare king.(7.76gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
Redon, patron of sailors, is usually portrayed as a bearded figure with trident, like Poseidon. He is also patron of travelers, like Hermes, as suggested by the broad hat kausia they wore.
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Kingdom of Lydia, Kroisos AR Stater-Double Siglos. Struck circa 561-546 BC. Sardes mint.
Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £667
Confronted foreparts of lion to right, with extended right foreleg, and bull to left / Bipartite incuse squares of unequal size. GRPC Lydia S1; Berk 20; Traité I 407; SNG Kayhan 1018; SNG von Aulock 2874; SNG Copenhagen 455; SNG Ashmolean 760. 10.44gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Toned.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AE 20mm. Struck circa 296/5-281 BC. Seleukeia I mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Helmeted head of Athena to right / Elephant standing to right; monograms above and below. SC 128. 8.66gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Sicily, Syracuse AE Tetras. Time of Timoleon and the Third Democracy, circa 344-332 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
ΖΕΥΣ ΕΛΕΥΘ-ΟΣ, laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios to left; behind, in the field to right, star of eight rays / ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ. triskeles to left. Calciati 82; HGC 2, 1457; SNG ANS 544; SNG Morcom 720. 6.46gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Slightly tooled.
Ex John Moore, York, UK, in the late 1990s. Property of a Harrow, UK gentleman.
