LOT 3252
Lykian League, Masikytes AR Hemidrachm. Circa 28-18 BC.
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. Good Very Fine.(1.71gr, 17mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 100, 28 July 2022, lot 456.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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Islands off Cilicia, Elaioussa Sebaste AE 21mm. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Laureate head of Zeus to right; Σ behind / EΛAIOYΣΣΙΩN, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm frond; ΔIΟ to left. SNG BnF 1131 var. (obv. control); SNG Levante 823 var. (same). 7.44gr, 21mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine. Rare variant.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
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Islands off Ionia, Samos AR Hemiobol. Circa 5th-4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Facing lion head / ΣΑ, head and neck of ox to right within incuse circle. Cf. Barron p. 213, 3-5 (Obol); cf. HGC 6, 1212 (same). 0.28gr, 6mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished as hemiobol.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Attica, Athens AE 9mm. Clerouchy of Delos, Period III, circa 166-150 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Laureate head of Apollo to right / Quiver; AΘΕ in fields. Svoronos, Monnaies pl. 106, 33-41. 0.94gr, 9mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
It is in the Periods II-III and after the acquisition of Delos in 167/166 BC, that Delian Apollo and his attributes make their appearance as Athenian coin types and dominate the obverses of these small bronze denominations.
