LOT 3211
Lesbos, Eresos(?) AE 9mm. Circa 3rd-2nd century BC.
Head of Hermes to right, wearing petasos / Grain ear; kerykeion to right. Apparently not in the standard references. Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.(0.65gr, 9mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Lesbos, Antissa AE 9mm. Circa 250/40-167 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Bull standing to left, head reverted; star below / A-N; club. Joy 600b; HGC 6, 872. 1.03gr, 9mm, 2h.
Very Fine. Very rare mint.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Sicily, Himera. AR Hemidrachm. Circa 450-420 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Nude rider, holding conch shell and caduceus, on goat running to left / Nike flying to left, holding filleted aphlaston and holding up skirt. SNG ANS 170; Rizzo pl. 21, 19. 1.89gr, 15mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphos AE Diobol. Circa early 260s BC. Uncertain mint, probably in Cyprus.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Laureate head of Zeus to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt with closed wings; in the field to left, ΔI above grain ear. CPE B317; SNG Copenhagen -; Svoronos 381. 11.80gr, 29mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
