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LOT 3271
Kings of Sophene, Mithradates II Philopator AE 18mm. Circa 89-after 85 BC.
Bust to left, wearing bashlyk; uncertain countermark / [BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΙΘΡΙΔΑΤ ΦΙΛO], club within wreath. Kovacs 36. Near Very Fine.(4.30gr, 18mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3271
Kings of Sophene, Mithradates II Philopator AE 18mm.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Berenike II AE Tritartemorion. Struck circa 244-241 BC. Uncertain mint on the north Syrian coast.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Diademed and draped bust of Berenike II to right / Illegible inscription, filleted cornucopia; club to left; [to right, eagle standing to left]. Svoronos 1048; Weiser -; SNG Copenhagen -; Noeske -. 7.66gr, 21mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. A rare denonination not often in auctions.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Pisidia, Keraitai AE 16mm. 40-32 BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Turreted head of Tyche to right; uncertain countermark / KEΡAEITΩN, boar springing to right; c/ms: star. SNG Tübingen 241; SNG Pfalz 241; Imhoof KM 5; Von Aulock Pisidien II 755-759. 3.31gr, 16mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos I Soter AE 13mm. 281-261 BC. Smyrna, Sardes, or Magnesia on Mt. Sipylus mint.
Estimate: £10 - 20 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Helmeted head of Athena facing / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, Nike standing to left, holding wreath and palm frond; [monogram to outer left?]. Cf. SC 315a and 320; HGC 9, 193 corr. (also SC 315). 2.14gr, 13mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
