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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LOT 3124
Macedon, Amphipolis AE 13mm.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
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Lycian League, Tlos AE 16mm. Late 1st century BC (?).
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Λ-Υ, laureate and draped bust of Apollo to right, with bow and quiver over left shoulder / Τ-Λ, diademed head of Artemis to right. RPC I 3330; Troxell 220β; BMC 7. 3.31gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Rare mint.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
In mythology, Tlos inhabited by hero Bellerophon and his winged horse Pegasus. Its name appears in the Lycian language as Tlawa or Tlawe, and it was one of the six cities possessing three votes in the Lycian League. -
Islands off Ionia, Samos AE 12mm. Circa 400-200 BC.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΗΓΗΣΙΑΝΑΞ (Hegesianax), magistrate. Head of Hera to right, wearing stephane and necklace / ΣA above, HΓHΣIANAΞ beneath prow of Samian galley to right. BMC -; cf. Barron pp. 204, 211, and 217 for magistrate; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -. 1.59gr, 12mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare issue.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy IX to Ptolemy XII AE 20mm. 116-51 BC. Alexandria mint. Series 9.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £15
Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon to right / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, two eagles with their wings closed standing to left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left. Svoronos 1426 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and VIII); SNG Copenhagen 311-4 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and Ptolemy VIII). 8.01gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
