LOT 3177
Mysia, Lampsakos AR Diobol. Circa 350-300 BC.
Laureate head of Apollo to right / Λ-Α-Μ, forepart of Pegasos to right; star(?) below. Baldwin, Lampsakos, Group B, IV; cf. SNG Ashmolean 674. Very Fine. Toned.(1.11gr, 11mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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Bithynia, Tium AE 10mm. Circa 350-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate head of Zeus to left / TIANOΣ, eagle standing to left with closed wings. SNG Tübingen 2151. 0.86gr, 10mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
Tium is known as the birthplace of Philetaeros, the founder of the royal dynasty of Pergamon. -
Caria, Kaunos AE 11mm. 2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £9
Diademed head of Apollo to right / K-AY(ligate), sword in sheath. BMC 17; SNG Copenhagen 187. 1.21gr, 11mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea. Herodians, Herod I AE Prutah. 40-4 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £60
HPW[...], anchor / Caduceus between crossed cornucopias. Meshorer 59; Hendin 1188; HGC 10, 661. 1.94gr, 15mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
