LOT 3086
Lucania, Metapontion AE 15mm. 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 68a; SNG Copenhagen 1254; HN Italy 1704; HGC 1, 1113. Extremely Fine.(3.81gr, 15mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3086
Lucania, Metapontion AE 15mm.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Mysia, Lampsakos AR Diobol. Circa 390-330 BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Janiform female head with circular earring; below, dolphin / ΛA-M-Ψ, head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet; all within shallow incuse square. Baldwin Lampsakos pl. 6, 12; SNG BnF 1194. 1.22gr, 11mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Phrygia, Sanaos AE 18mm. 2nd century BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΑΠΟΛ- (Apol-), magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΣΑΝΑΗΝΩΝ ΑΠΟΛ, tripod flanked by two laurel branches. Imhoof-Blumer, KM, p. 286, 1; Von Aulock, Phrygien I, 856-8. 3.76gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Edge chipped. Extremely rare mint.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
Sanaos was probably located on the northern coast of the salt Lake Anava, on the eastern road between Apamea and Laodicea. -
Illyria, Apollonia AE 22mm. Circa 1st century BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Bust of Artemis to left wearing stephane; quiver before / Tripod within laurel-wreath, AΠOΛΛΩNIATAN around. HGC 3a, 12. 10.36gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
