LOT 3831
Mysia, Miletopolis AE 20mm. 2nd-1st centuries BC.
Helmeted head of Athena to right / MIΛΗΤΟΠOΛITΩN, double-bodied owl standing facing. SNG Arikantürk 668-71; SNG BnF 1302; SNG Copenhagen 249; SNG von Aulock 1311. Very Fine.(4.82gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3831
Mysia, Miletopolis AE 20mm.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Sicily, Syracuse AE 23mm. Struck in the name of Pyrrhos, King of Epeiros, circa 278-276 BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Wreathed head of Kore to right; rose(?) behind / Demeter seated slightly to right, holding grain ear and sceptre; BAΣIΛEΩΣ to right, ΠΥΡΡΟΥ to left. CNS 185; SNG ANS 836-41 var. (symbols); HGC 3.1, 269. 8.17gr, 23mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Macedon. Roman Republican period, First Meris AR Tetradrachm. Circa 167-149 BC. Amphipolis mint.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Bids: 5 | Current Bid: £55
Diademed and draped bust of Artemis to right, bow and quiver over her shoulder; all at the centre of Macedonian shield ornamented with stars within crescents / MAKEΔONΩN ΠΡΩTHΣ, club to right; above, monogram of ΣΤΡΑΤΗ; below, two monograms of KPT and MET; around, oak wreath with ties to left; to left of the ties, thunderbolt. AMNG III/1, 176; SNG Copenhagen 1314-5; HGC 3, 1103. 16.70gr, 33mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Ex Leu Numismatik AG, Web Auction 25, 11 March 2023, lot 416. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
Lesbos, Mytilene AR Tetradrachm. Circa 188-170 BC. Late posthumous issue in the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; ΔO monogram above lyre in left field, Δ in exergue. Price 1729. 16.16gr, 37mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Toned.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
