LOT 3176
Mysia, Lampsakos AR Diobol. Circa 510-490 BC.
Janiform female heads / Helmeted head of Athena to left within incuse square. Baldwin, Lampsakos, Group A, I, pl. V, 14-5; SNG Arikantürk 597; SNG BnF 1126. Near Very Fine.(1.21gr, 10mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3176
Mysia, Lampsakos AR Diobol.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
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Kings of Parthia, Mithradates V AR Drachm. Circa AD 140. Ekbatana mint.
Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Diademed bust to left, with long pointed beard / Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on throne, holding bow; degraded legend around, monogram beneath bow. Sellwood 82.1 (Mithradates IV); Shore 425 (Mithradates IV); Sunrise 450. 3.78gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Deep original 'find' patina.
Privately purchased from Jencek Historical Enterprise, 12 April 2014. Ex Dr. Stephen J. Antonello Collection. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 107, 16 March 2023, lot 685. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 119, 24 April 2024, lot 996. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos II Kallinikos AE 17mm. 246-226 BC. Sardes mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Apollo standing to left, testing arrow and resting hand on grounded bow; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ to left, two monograms to outer left, HP monogram to outer right. SC 660.8a; WSM 1659; HGC 9, 345. 3.81gr, 17mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Rare.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2009. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Ionia, Kolophon AR Diobol. Circa 530/25-500 BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Archaic head of Apollo to left / Quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. 1.06gr, 9mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
