LOT 3152
Mysia, Lampsakos AR Tetartemorion. Circa 510-490 BC.
Archaic style head of female(?) to left / Head of Athena, wearing Corinthian helmet, to left within incuse square. Cf. SNG Arikantürk 3, 613 (head of Athena on obverse). Near Extremely Fine. Very rare.(0.17gr, 5mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos I Soter AR Tetradrachm. 281-261 BC. Seleukeia on the Tigris mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Diademed head to right / ΒAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY, Apollo Delphios, nude but for chlamys draped from his waist, wearing laurel wreath and seated on omphalos to left, testing arrow with his right hand and resting his left on a bow leaning against the omphalos behind; to left, monogram of AP; to right, monogram of XA inside circle. SC 379.3c; HGC 9, 128g. 16.57gr, 28mm, 4h.
Very Fine. Toned. Well centred.
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. -
Kings of Cappadocia, Ariarathes V Eusebes Philopator AR Drachm. Dated RY 1 (163/2 BC). Eusebeia-Mazaca mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Diademed head to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘOV ΕVΣEBOVΣ, Athena Nikephoros standing to left, with spear and shield; monogram to inner left, T to inner right. Simonetta, Coins 6a; Simonetta 6. 3.92gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Thrace, Ainos AR Diobol. Circa 435-405 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Head of Hermes to right, wearing petasos / Goat walking to right; AINI above, crab below foreleg. May 292-309; HGC 3.2, 1277. 1.18gr, 12mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the Thrax Collection, formed in London between 1991 and 2018. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 58, 20 June 2019, lot 457. Property of a London antiquarian.
