LOT 3244
Phrygia, Apameia AE 18mm. Circa AD 180-250. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
ΔHMOC, draped bust of Demos to right / ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ, Marsyas advancing to right, playing double flute. SNG Copenhagen 200. Near Extremely Fine. Rare.(3.35gr, 18mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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Mysia, Thebe AE 9mm. Circa 4th-3rd centuries BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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. 0.78gr, 9mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very Rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B. Lydo-Milesian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B. 5.47gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Drachm. Circa 323-318 BC. Sardes mint. Struck under Menander or Kleitos, in the types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ to right, bee in left field, monogram beneath throne. Price P104; Müller P72; ADM I Series XV. 4.23gr, 16mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine. Scarce.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 91, 2 December 2021, lot 321. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
