LOT 3187
Mysia. Kings of Pergamon, Philetairos AE 15mm. 158-138 BC.
Head of Athena to right wearing crested helmet / [Φ]ΙΛΕΤΑΙΡ[ΟY], coiled serpent; monogram in field. Cf. SNG BnF 1650; cf. SNG Copenhagen 343. Near Very Fine.(3.34gr, 15mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AE 23mm. Struck after 301 BC. Uncertain mint in Western Anatolia.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Male head in peaked Phrygian helmet to right / Trophy; [BAΣ]ΙΛΕΩΣ to left, [ΛYΣI]MAXOY to right. SNG Copenhagen 1164; HGC 3.2, 1755. 6.22gr, 23mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2009. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 104, 15 December 2022, lot 217. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Sicily, Himera. AR Hemidrachm. Circa 450-420 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Nude rider, holding conch shell and caduceus, on goat running to left / Nike flying to left, holding filleted aphlaston and holding up skirt. SNG ANS 170; Rizzo pl. 21, 19. 1.89gr, 15mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Kings of Commagene, Antiochos III AE Hemichalkon. Circa 12 BC-AD 17. Mopsos mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, wreathed head of Artemis to left; below, monogram (?). RPC Online -; Kovacs -, cf. 236 (head of Artemis to right); for another example see Leu Numismatik AG, Web 30, 953 = Obolos 39, 351 (hammer: 608 GBP). 1.09gr, 11mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; unpublished and the second known example. Of great numismatic interest.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
