LOT 3182
Mysia, Lampsakos AR Obol. Circa 500-450 BC.
Janiform female head wearing double stephane, necklace, and circular pendant earring / Head of Athena to left, wearing crestless Corinthian helmet; all within incuse square. Baldwin, Lampsakos, Group A, Type I, pl. V, 14; SNG BnF 1131. Near Very Fine.(0.66gr, 8mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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Asia Minor, Uncertain mint (or Paphlagonia, Enetoi) AE 18mm. Circa 3rd-2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion-skin headdress / Monogram of EN containing kerykeion; bow to left, arrow head upwards to right, aphlaston below. Imhoof-Blumer, Kleinasiatische Münzen II, p. 529, 7 (uncertain mint) var. (arrangement of reverse symbols); J-N. Svoronos, JIAN 8-9 (1905), p. 166, 17, pl. V, 19 (Ennaia or Anaia, Karia). 4.21gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine. An extremely rare type.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos III AE 12mm. 222-187 BC. Sardes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head of Apollo to right / [ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ] ANTIOXO[Y], Apollo standing to left, holding arrow and resting elbow on tall tripod; monogram to outer right. SC 983; HGC 9, 518. 2.27gr, 12mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 104, 15 December 2022, lot 495. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Troas, Birytis AE 11mm. Circa 350-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Head of Kabeiros to left, wearing pileus / B-I P-Y, vertical club, all within laurel wreath. SNG Copenhagen 247-49; SNG von Aulock 1502; Klein 302. 1.08gr, 11mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
