LOT 3334
Kings of Numidia, Massinissa or Micipsa AE Unit. 203-148 BC or 148-118 BC.
Laureate head to left / Horse galloping to left; pellet below. Mazard 53; MAA 18a; SNG Copenhagen 505. Near Very Fine.(14.70gr, 27mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
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LOT 3334
Kings of Numidia, Massinissa or Micipsa AE Unit.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
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Lycian League, Tlos AE 16mm. Late 1st century BC (?).
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Λ-Υ, laureate and draped bust of Apollo to right, with bow and quiver over left shoulder / Τ-Λ, diademed head of Artemis to right. RPC I 3330; Troxell 220β; BMC 7. 3.31gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Rare mint.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
In mythology, Tlos inhabited by hero Bellerophon and his winged horse Pegasus. Its name appears in the Lycian language as Tlawa or Tlawe, and it was one of the six cities possessing three votes in the Lycian League. -
Macedon, Amphipolis AE 13mm. 3rd century BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Head of Herakles to right in lionskin / AMΦIΠO-[ΛITΩN], lion standing to right. HGC 3.1, 433. 2.90gr, 13mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Kleopatra VII Thea Neotera with Ptolemy XV Caesarion AE 27mm. Circa 37-30 BC. Uncertain mint on Cyprus(?).
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £15
Head of Zeus-Ammon to right / ΠΤΟΛΕΜ[ΑΙΟ]Υ ΒΑΣ[ΙΛΕΩΣ], eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt, palm frond behind shoulder; monogram to right. RPC I 3903; Tziambazis 69; Svoronos 1875 (Cyprus); BMC 52-3. 8.80gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Double struck. Very Rare; RPC lists only 9 examples.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 101, 13 October 2022, lot 559. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 115, 21 December 2023, lot 439. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
