LOT 3196
Phrygia, Akmoneia AE 16mm. 1st century BC. ΤΙΜΟΘΕΟΣ ΜΕΝΕΛΑΟΥ (Timotheos, son of Menelaos), magistrate.
Head of Zeus to right, wearing oak wreath / [AK]MO[...] TIMOΘ[...] MENE[...], Asklepios standing facing, leaning upon serpent-entwined staff. SNG Copenhagen 12. Near Very Fine.(3.61gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Münzzentrum Rheinland.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Lydia, Sardes AE 17mm. Circa 133 BC - AD 1.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head of Apollo to right / Club; ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ across fields, monogram below; all within laurel wreath. GRPC Lydia 70; SNG Munich 483. 4.57gr, 17mm, 11h.
Good very fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos III(?) AE 9mm. Circa 222-187 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΑΝΤΙΟ[...], elephant standing to left (or right). Cf. SC 979; cf. HGC 9, 560. 1.11gr, 9mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Demetrios I Soter AR Tetradrachm. Undated issue, struck 162-155/4 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Diademed head to right within wreath / Tyche, holding sceptre and cornucopia, seated to left on throne supported by tritoness facing to right; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ in right field, ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ in left field; monogram of ΓΑ to outer left. SC 1638.1j; BMC 29; HGC 9, 795f. 16.43gr, 30mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Beautifully toned.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
