LOT 3158
Kings of the Bosporos, Rheskouporis V, with Philip I, BI Stater. Dated 545 BE (AD 248/9).
BACIΛЄധC PHCKOΠOPIΔ, diademed bust to right / Laureate head of emperor to right; club before, ЄMΦ (date) beneath truncation. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 3347; MacDonald 607/1 (Rheskouporis IV). Very Fine. Areas of delamination.(6.98gr, 20mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3158
Kings of the Bosporos, Rheskouporis V, with Philip I, BI Stater.
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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Lucania, Poseidonia AR Stater. Circa 445-420 BC.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Poseidon advancing right, nude but for chlamys draped over arms, wielding trident overhead / Bull standing left on dotted line. Cf. HN Italy 1116; HGC 1, 1152. 7.95gr,19mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine. Seemingly suspension loop attached.
Acquired on the European art market. -
Bithynia, Kalchedon AR Drachm. Circa 367/6-340 BC. Rhodian standard.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
KAΛX, bull standing to left on grain ear; to left, kerykeion next to monogram of ΔA / Quadripartite incuse square with stippled quarters. RG 15; SNG BM Black Sea 104; HGC 7, 511. 3.75gr, 16mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AR Drachm. Circa 301/0-300/299 BC. Abydos mint. In the types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / [ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ] ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧ[ΟY], Zeus seated to left on low throne, holding long sceptre in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; to left, forepart of lion to left above monogram; below throne, head of griffin to left. Müller -; Thompson 65. 4.17gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
