LOT 3121
Kings of Thrace. Rhoemetalkes I with Augustus AE 19mm. 11 BC-12 AD.
BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΡOIMHTAΛKOΥ, diademed head of Rhoemetalkes to right / KAIΣAPOΣ ΣEBAΣTOY, bare head of Augustus to right. RPC I, 1718. Very Fine.(4.86gr, 19mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London gentleman.
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Lucania, Metapontion AE 14mm. Circa 250-207 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Athena Alkidemos standing to left, holding shield and brandishing spear / META, owl standing to left on stalk of barley ear. Johnston, Bronze coinage 68c; Historia Numorum Italy 1704; HGC 1, 1113. 3.17gr, 14mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Sicily, Gela AE Tetras or Trionkion. Circa 420-405 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
ΓΕΛΑΣ, head of the river-god Gelas to right; [barley grain behind neck] / Bull standing to left, head lowered, as if to charge; three pellets (mark of value) in exergue. Jenkins, Gela, Group VIII-IX, 499; CNS 9; HGC 2, 379. 4.64gr, 19mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Berenike II AE Tritartemorion. Struck circa 244-241 BC. Uncertain mint on the north Syrian coast.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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.
