LOT 3111
Macedon, "the Macedonians" AE 20mm. After 168 BC. Amphipolis mint.
Head of Strymon to right, wreathed with reeds / MAKEΔONΩ[N], trident head, monograms in fields. Touratsoglou, Macedonia 8; HGC 3.1, 334. Very Fine.(6.14gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Aeolis, Aigai AR Hemiobol. Circa 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Forepart of goat to right, head reverted; [AIΓAION] around / Head of bull to left. SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -; SNG Ashmolean -; Traité -; SNG BnF -; SNG Levante -; Klein -; Isegrim -; Asia Minor Coins #10220-1. 0.48gr, 8mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phrygia, Apameia AE 24mm. Circa 88-40 BC. ΑΝΤΙΦΩΝ ΜΕΝΕΚΛΕΟΥΣ (Antiphon, son of Menekles), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Bust of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet and aegis / AΠAMEΩN, eagle, with star above, alighting on base of maeander pattern flanked by Caps of the Dioscuri; ΑΝΤΙΦΩΝ ΜΕΝΕΚΛΕΟΥΣ in two lines below. SNG Copenhagen 164; HGC 7, 67. 9.00gr, 24mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos II Kallinikos AE 16mm. Struck before the revolt of Antiochos Hierax, 246-225 BC. Magnesia on the Maeander mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Diademed bust of Artemis to right, bow and quiver over left shoulder / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY, Apollo standing to left, holding arrow and resting hand on grounded bow; monogram of MOP in outer left field, monogram of ME in outer right field; all within meander border. SC 670; HGC 9, 347. 3.74gr, 16mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
