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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Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
[BACIΛЄധC AΓPIΠA, canopy] / Three ears of corn; [L Ϛ (date) across fields]. RPC I, 4981; TJC 120; Hendin GBC 6, 6274; Hendin GBC 5, 1244; Sofaer 153-6. 1.55gr, 16mm, 6h.
Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos II Kallinikos AE 11mm. 246-226 BC. Uncertain mint in Northern Syria or Mesopotamia.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Head of Athena to right, wearing Attic helmet / [ΒΑΣΙ ΣΕΛΕ], forepart of horned(?) horse to left; in left field, monogram; in right field, EY. SC -; HGC 9, -; Obolos 24, 325. 1.38gr, 11mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; unpublished and apparently the second known example.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Pontos, Amisos AE 20mm. Time of Mithradates VI Eupator, circa 85-65 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Aegis / [AMI]-ΣOY, Nike advancing to right, holding palm over her left shoulder; to right, monogram. HGC 7, 242. 7.40gr, 20mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
