LOT 3158
Mysia, Pergamon AE 19mm. Circa 133-27 BC.
Head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet / ΑΘΗΝΑΣ [Ν]ΙΚΗΦΟΡΟY, trophy consisting of helmet and cuirass; inner right, monogram. SNG BnF 1893 var. (monogram to inner left). Very Fine. Nice blue-green patina.(6.40gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Münzzentrum Rheinland.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AE 25mm. Circa 300-281 BC. Quasi-autonomous municipal issue of Seleukeia Pieria.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Laureate head of Zeus to right / Winged thunderbolt; [ΣΕΛΕYΚEΩN] to right, monogram within circle to left. HGC 9, 1384. 13.73gr, 25mm.
Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Islands off Caria. Rhodos, Rhodes AR Hemidrachm. Circa 170-150 BC. ΑΘΑΝΟΔΩΡΟΣ (Athanodoros), magistrate. 'Plinthophoric' coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Radiate head of Helios facing slightly to right / ΑΘΑΝΟΔΩΡΟΣ, rose with bud to right; kerykeion to left; all within incuse square. Jenkins, Rhodian, Group B, 43; HN Online 881; HGC 6, 1462. 1.43gr, 12mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea, Caesarea Maritima AE 'Minim'. 1st-3rd centuries AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Turretted head of Tyche to right; three pellets before / Palm tree; three pellets(?) to left. Cf. Hamburger, “Minute Coins from Caesarea,” ‘Atiqot I (1955), 17-19 (different marks on obverse). 0.60gr, 10mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
