LOT 3087
Lucania, Metapontion AE 17mm. Circa 225-200(?) BC.
Helmeted head of Leukippos to right / Demeter standing facing, head to right, holding long-cross torch; META to right. Johnston, Bronze 66; HN Italy 1702; HGC 1, 1099. Near Extremely Fine.(4.96gr, 17mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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Ionia, Kolophon AR Diobol. Circa 530/25-500 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Archaic head of Apollo to left / Quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. 1.06gr, 9mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Lykian League, Masikytes AR Hemidrachm. Circa 28-18 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Laureate head of Apollo to right; Λ-[Y] across fields / Kithara; M-A across fields, tripod in lower right field; all within shallow incuse square. RPC I 3310; Troxell, Lycian League, Period IV, Series 6, 110; Müseler XI, 39-40. 1.71gr, 17mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 100, 28 July 2022, lot 456. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AE 21mm. Second satrapy and kingship, struck circa late 280s BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Winged head of Medusa to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ, bull butting to right; Ξ in exergue. SC 21.2b; HGC 9, 92a corr. (SC citation). 7.41gr, 21mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
