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LOT 3212
Lesbos, Mytilene AE 13mm. Circa 350-250 BC.
Female head (Mytilene?) to right, with hair in sphendone / Lyre. Cf. HGC 6, 1052. Near Very Fine.(1.56gr, 13mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3212
Lesbos, Mytilene AE 13mm.
Estimate £10 - 20€12 - 23 (for guidance only)$14 - 27 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Kings of Commagene, Antiochos III AE Hemichalkon. Circa 12 BC-AD 17. Mopsos mint.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, wreathed head of Artemis to left; below, monogram (?). RPC Online -; Kovacs -, cf. 236 (head of Artemis to right); for another example see Leu Numismatik AG, Web 30, 953 = Obolos 39, 351 (hammer: 608 GBP). 1.09gr, 11mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; unpublished and the second known example. Of great numismatic interest.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Islands off Cilicia, Elaioussa Sebaste AE 21mm. 1st century BC.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £15
Laureate head of Zeus to right; Σ behind / EΛAIOYΣΣΙΩN, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm frond; ΔIΟ to left. SNG BnF 1131 var. (obv. control); SNG Levante 823 var. (same). 7.44gr, 21mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine. Rare variant.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Lucania, Poseidonia AR Stater. Circa 445-420 BC.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening 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.
