LOT 3191
Mysia, Thebe AE 9mm. Circa 4th-3rd centuries BC.
Head of Demeter to right, wearing wreath of grain ears / [ΘΗ]Β-A, forepart of Pegasos with curled wing to right. BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; Imhoof-Blumer, Monnaies Grecques, p. 247, 95c. Very Fine. Very Rare.(0.78gr, 9mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3191
Mysia, Thebe AE 9mm.
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
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Kingdom of Lydia, Kroisos AR Stater-Double Siglos. Struck circa 561-546 BC. Sardes mint.
Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
Confronted foreparts of lion to right, with extended right foreleg, and bull to left / Bipartite incuse squares of unequal size. GRPC Lydia S1; Berk 20; Traité I 407; SNG Kayhan 1018; SNG von Aulock 2874; SNG Copenhagen 455; SNG Ashmolean 760. 10.44gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Toned.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AE 20mm. Struck circa 296/5-281 BC. Seleukeia I mint.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Helmeted head of Athena to right / Elephant standing to right; monograms above and below. SC 128. 8.66gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AE 23mm. Struck after 301 BC. Uncertain mint in Western Anatolia.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Male head in peaked Phrygian helmet to right / Trophy; [BAΣ]ΙΛΕΩΣ to left, [ΛYΣI]MAXOY to right. SNG Copenhagen 1164; HGC 3.2, 1755. 6.22gr, 23mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2009. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 104, 15 December 2022, lot 217. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
