LOT 2633
Lesbos, Pyrrha AE 10mm. Circa 4th century BC.
Female head (Aphrodite or nymph Pyrrha?) to left, hair bound in sphendone / ΠΥP, goat standing to left; to left, scallop shell. BMC 1-2 var. (no symbol); HGC 6, 1060; SNG Copenhagen 428. Very Fine. Very rare mint.(1.37gr, 10mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
FootnotesPyrrha was a town on the coast of the deep bay on the west of the island of Lesbos, which had such a narrow entrance that it was called the Euripus of Pyrrha. In the Lesbian revolt the town sided with Mytilene, but was reconquered by Paches. By the time of the geographer Strabo the city no longer existed, but the suburbs and the harbour were still inhabited and Pliny reports that Pyrrha had been submerged by the sea (5.39).
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Group of Eight [8] AE Coins of Byzantion, Thrace. 3rd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Various conditions. 75gr total.
Fine to Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Cimmerian Bosporos, Pantikapaion AR Triobol. Circa 480-470 BC.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Lion's head facing / Irregular incuse square punch. Frolova Type I; SNG BM Black Sea 836; HGC 7, 31. 2.40gr, 11mm.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Caria, Iasos AE 17mm. Circa 250-190 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
ΜΕΝΕΚΛΗΣ (Menekles), magistrate. Group C. Apollo Delphinios standing to left, holding bow and arrow, dolphin at feet; illegible inscription to right / MENE[ΚΛΗΣ], Artemis advancing to right, drawing arrow from quiver, to right [IA]; all within laurel wreath. Cf. Ashton, The Pre-Imperial Coinage of Iasos p.72, 2-3, pl.14, 216-7. 3.45gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
