LOT 3950
Palmyrene, Palmyra AE 10mm. Circa 2nd-3rd centuries AD. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Turreted bust of Tyche(?) to right / Astarte standing facing in galley, holding cornucopia and wreath. Unpublished in the standard references, but cf. Stephen Album 28, 14 and Roma E-57, 549. Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.(0.82gr, 10mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3950
Palmyrene, Palmyra AE 10mm.
Estimate £70 - 90€81 - 104 (for guidance only)$95 - 122 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£35 (EUR 41; USD 47) +BP*
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Thrace, Aigospotamoi AE 15mm. Circa 300 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Wreathed head of Demeter to left, wearing decorated polos / [AIΓOΣΠO], goat standing to left. HGC 3.2, 1260. 3.55gr, 15mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Aeolis, Boione AE 10mm. After 310 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Female head to left, wearing sphendone / ΒΟΙΟΝΙ-ΤΗΣ, bull standing to right. Nollé, Boione Abb. 2 a; SNG Arikantürk 161ff.; SNG Copenhagen 28. 1.08gr, 10mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
The reverse legend ΒΟΙΩΝΙΤΗΣ, according to J. Nollé, refers to the bull which is interpreted as the river god Boionetes, the river of Boione. -
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Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Tetrobol. Circa 410/04-341/23 BC. Attic standard.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Upright anchor, A under left fluke and crayfish under right / Facing gorgoneion. Topalov, Apollonia 45; CN Online 21301; cf. HGC 3, 1323. 2.85gr, 13mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
