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LOT 3163
Paphlagonia, Sesamos AE 16mm. Circa 360-330 BC.
Laureate head of Zeus to left / [ΣΗ]-ΣΑ, wreathed head of Demeter to left. RG 2; HGC 7, 379. Near Very Fine.(3.54gr, 16mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Indo-Greek Kingdom, Menander I Soter AR Drachm. Circa 155-130 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, wearing crested helmet covered with pelt of scales and adorned with wing / Athena Alkidemos advancing to left; monogram to right. Bopearachchi 16E; SNG ANS 868; HGC 12, 193. 1.79gr, 16mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Kings of Armenia, Tigranes II AE Dichalkon. Circa 96-56 BC. Nisibis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Head to left, wearing four-pointed tiara / BAΣΙΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOY TIΓPANOY ΦΙΛΕΛΛHNOC, Nike standing to right, holding wreath; M-A across fields. Kovacs 67. 3.52gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Ionia, Naulochos AE 11mm. Circa 350-340 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Helmeted head of Athena to right / NAY, dolphin to right within circular maeander pattern. SNG Kayhan 1421. 1.21gr, 11mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare city.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
