LOT 3084
Lucania, Metapontion AE 14mm. Circa 250-207 BC.
Athena Alkidemos standing to left, holding shield and brandishing spear / META, owl standing to left on stalk of barley ear. Johnston, Bronze coinage 68c; Historia Numorum Italy 1704; HGC 1, 1113. Near Very Fine.(3.17gr, 14mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceLondon, UK, art market, 1980s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AE 19mm. Dated SE 193(?) (120/9 BC). Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Diademed and radiate head to right / BAΣIΛE[ΩΣ] ANTIO[XOY] EΠIΦAN[OYΣ], eagle standing to left, sceptre under far wing, monogram(?) to outer left, date below. Cf. SC 2300.2; HGC 9, 1212. 5.57gr, 19mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
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. -
Thrace, Ainos AR Diobol. Circa 432-431 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Head of Hermes to right, wearing petasos / AIN, goat standing to right; herm before. May, Ainos Group XX, 112; HGC 3, 1274. 0.99gr, 11mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine. Rare symbol.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
