LOT 3091
Lucania, Metapontion AE 14mm. Circa 250-207 BC.
Athena Promachos advancing to right, brandishing spear and shield / Owl standing on grain ear to right, head facing; META upwards to left. Johnston, Bronze 68; SNG ANS 565-6; HN Italy 1704; HGC 1, 1113. Good Very Fine.(2.66gr, 14mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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Islands off Caria. Rhodos, Rhodes AE 14mm. Circa 226-220 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Diademed and veiled female bust (of Berenike II?) to right / [PO], prow of galley to right; above, rose. R. Ashton: Rhodian Bronze Coinage and the Earthquake of 229-229 BC, in: NC 1986, Group 1; BMC 228; SNG Kayhan 1706. 3.04gr, 14mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Very rare and of historical importance.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
R. Ashton connects this type with the disaster relief sent by Ptolemy III to Rhodes after the devastating earthquake of circa 226 BC. -
Mysia, Lampsakos AR Diobol. Circa 350-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Laureate head of Apollo to right / Λ-Α-Μ, forepart of Pegasos to right; star(?) below. Baldwin, Lampsakos, Group B, IV; cf. SNG Ashmolean 674. 1.11gr, 11mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Toned.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos I Soter AE 18mm. 281-261 BC. Uncertain mint 21.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Head of Artemis to left, wearing stephane / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, anchor, monogram to left. SC 359; HGC 9, 170. 3.64gr, 18mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
