LOT 3243
Phrygia, Alia AE 13mm. Circa AD 30-276.
Helmeted bust of Athena to right / ΑΛΙΗΝΩΝ, zebu standing to right. Von Aulock, Phrygien I, 36-38; Paris 255. Very Fine. Extremely rare city; no other examples of this type on CoinArchives.(3.26gr, 13mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Sicily, Morgantina(?) AE 19mm. Carthaginian occupation, circa 212-211 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter to right / Horse galloping to right. Cf. HGC 2, 175 (Akragas). 6.29gr, 19mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
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. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VI Philometor & Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) AE Diobol(?). 170-163 BC. Alexandria mint. Coregency issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon to right / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟY ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, two eagles with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; cornucopiae in left field. Svoronos 1424 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI); Weiser 142 (Ptolemy V); SNG Copenhagen 308-310 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI); Noeske 212-5 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI). 20.14gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
