LOT 3149
Mysia, Kyzikos AR Hemiobol. Circa 450-400 BC.
Forepart of boar to left with short mane and dotted truncation; to right, tunny fish / Head of roaring lion to left with bristling mane, outstretched tongue, and dotted truncation, in upper left field, star with four rays; all within incuse square. Von Fritze II 14; SNG Arikantürk 446-447; SNG BnF 275. Good Very Fine. Edge chipped.(0.33gr, 9mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos IV Epiphanes AE 33mm. 169-168 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint. 'Egyptianizing' series.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Laureate head of Zeus-Serapis to right, wearing tainia with Osiris cap at tip / Eagle with closed wings standing to right on thunderbolt; BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY to right, ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ to left. SC 1413; Houghton 118; Newell, SMA 59; HGC 9, 643. 34.20gr, 33mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Thrace, Ainos AR Tetrobol. Circa 402-360 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Head of Hermes facing three-quarters to left, wearing petasos / Goat standing to right; [ethnic] above, rhyton before. May, Ainos 364; cf. HGC 3.2, 1281. 2.02gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Kings of Paphlagonia, Pylaemenes II or III AE 22mm. Circa 133-103 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Bust of Pylaemenes as Herakles to right; club over shoulder, lion skin around neck / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΥΛΑΙΜΕΝΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ, Nike standing to left, holding wreath in right hand, palm in left. SNG BM Black Sea 1552; SNG Copenhagen 321; SNG von Aulock 149. 4.66gr, 22mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of an antiquarian, Bavaria c. 1960s-1990s. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 57, 30 May 2019, lot 493. Property of a London antiquarian.
