LOT 3335
Kings of Numidia, Massinissa or Micipsa AE Unit. 203-148 BC or 148-118 BC.
Laureate head to left / Horse galloping to left; Punic letters 'mem' and 'nun' below. CNP 145j (Massinissa). Near Very Fine.(12.99gr, 26mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
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Troas, Skepsis AE 12mm. Circa 400-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Bearded head of Priapos to right, wearing ivy-wreath / Σ-ΚH, filleted thyrsos; in field to right, eight-rayed star. BMC 24 var. (bunch of grapes); SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; cf. Imhoof-Blumer, Monnaies Grecques (1883), p. 266, 196 (symbol not visible); Obolos 39, 302. 1.19gr, 12mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare; unpublished variant of a very rare type.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Kings of Cappadocia, Ariaramnes AE 17mm. Circa 280-230 BC. Uncertain Cappadocian mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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, -. 2.74gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Exceedingly Rare; unpublished and apparently unique variant.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Bithynia, Tium AE 10mm. Circa 350-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate head of Zeus to left / TIANOΣ, eagle standing to left with closed wings. SNG Tübingen 2151. 0.86gr, 10mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
Tium is known as the birthplace of Philetaeros, the founder of the royal dynasty of Pergamon.
