LOT 3124
Macedon, Amphipolis AE 13mm. 3rd century BC.
Head of Herakles to right in lionskin / AMΦIΠO-[ΛITΩN], lion standing to right. HGC 3.1, 433. Near Very Fine.(2.90gr, 13mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VI Philometor & Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) AE Diobol(?). 170-163 BC. Alexandria mint. Coregency issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon to right / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟY ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, two eagles with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; cornucopiae in left field. Svoronos 1424 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI); Weiser 142 (Ptolemy V); SNG Copenhagen 308-310 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI); Noeske 212-5 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI). 20.14gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Troas, Gargara AE 17mm. Circa 400-284 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate head of Apollo to right; c/m: bucranion(?) / ΓΑΡ, horse prancing to left. SNG Copenhagen 332; SNG von Aulock -; Obolos 38, 241 (hammer: 333 GBP). 4.03gr, 17mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare with horse prancing to left and one of the few examples from Gargara countermarked. Only one other example on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Lesbos, Antissa AE 9mm. Circa 250/40-167 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Bull standing to left, head reverted; star below / A-N; club. Joy 600b; HGC 6, 872. 1.03gr, 9mm, 2h.
Very Fine. Very rare mint.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
