LOT 3119
Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AE 15mm. 305-281 BC. Lysimacheia mint.
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Forepart of lion to right; BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ above, ΛYΣIMAXOY below, [kerykeion and monogram?] to left, spearhead below. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 1159; cf. SNG Tübingen 969; HGC 3.2, 1760. Near Very Fine.(2.70gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Ionia, Miletos AE 10mm. 3rd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head of Apollo slightly to right / Lion standing to right, its head to left; star above, [magistrate's name] below. 0.86gr, 10mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 18mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; [H-F?] in Aramaic across fields / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. 3.95gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of Mr Brian Edwards, New Malden, Surrey, UK, formed from the late 1970s-early 1980s; thence by descent. -
Troas, Sigeion AE 10mm. Circa 355-334 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Helmeted head of Athena to right / Σ- ΙΓ-Ε, crescent to left. BMC 21; SNG Copenhagen 499-500; SNG von Aulock 1572. 0.92gr, 10mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
