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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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Ionia, Kolophon AR Diobol. Circa 530/25-500 BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Archaic head of Apollo to left / Quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. 1.06gr, 9mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
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. -
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos II Kallinikos AE 17mm. 246-226 BC. Sardes mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Apollo standing to left, testing arrow and resting hand on grounded bow; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ to left, two monograms to outer left, HP monogram to outer right. SC 660.8a; WSM 1659; HGC 9, 345. 3.81gr, 17mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Rare.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2009. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
