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LOT 3157
Kings of the Bosporos, Rheskouporis IV, with Philip I BI Stater. Dated 544 BE (AD 247/8).
BACIΛЄധC PHCKOVΠOPIΔ, diademed head of Rheskouporis to right / Laureate head of Philip I to right; club before, ΔMΦ (date) below. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 3312; MacDonald 606. Very Fine. Some delamination to reverse.(7.07gr, 20mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3157
Kings of the Bosporos, Rheskouporis IV, with Philip I BI Stater.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Lesbos, Mytilene AE 13mm. Circa 350-250 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Female head (Mytilene?) to right, with hair in sphendone / Lyre. Cf. HGC 6, 1052. 1.56gr, 13mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Troas, Dardanos AE 22mm. Circa 400-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet; c/m: facing head of Athena, wearing tripled-crested helmet(?) / ΔΑP, horseman galopping to right, and holding spear; spearhead below. Imhoof-Blumer, KM, p. 37, 1. 8.06gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Overstruck(?). Extremely rare type; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Lucania, Metapontion AE 16mm. Circa 250-207 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Athena Promachos advancing to right, brandishing spear and shield / Owl standing on grain ear to right, head facing; META upwards to left. Johnston, Bronze 68a; SNG Copenhagen 1254; HN Italy 1704; HGC 1, 1113. 3.40gr, 16mm, 5h.
Extremely Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
