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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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphos AR Tetradrachm. 285-246 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £94
Uncertain mint 9, on Cyprus. Struck circa 285-275 BC. Diademed head to right, wearing aegis / ΠΤΟΛEΜΑΙOΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; in left field, monogram of ΠΑΤΡ above A. CPE 414; Svoronos 365; SNG Copenhagen -. 13.87gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 562, 15 May 2024, lot 208. -
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Group of Ten [10] Greek AE Coins. 3rd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Various cities. 65gr total.
Near Fine to Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Philip I Philadelphos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 95/4-76/5 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Antioch on the Orontes mint. Struck circa 88/7–76/5 BC. Diademed head to right / Zeus Nikephoros seated to left on throne, holding sceptre; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟY to right, ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟY to left; to outer left, Φ above A; monogram beneath throne, P in exergue; all within wreath. SC 2463.3i; HGC 9, 1319. 15.81gr, 29mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 558, 20 March 2024, lot 180.
