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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Persia. Alexandrine Empire, Uncertain satrap of Babylon AR Hemiobol. Circa 328-311 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Baaltars seated to left, holding sceptre / Lion walking to left, spearhead to left above. CNG MBS 63, lot 786 (Samaria); BMC -, cf. 4 (tetradrachm); Nicolet-Pierre -, cf. 2 (same); otherwise unpublished. 0.42gr, 8mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Macedon, District of Bottiaia. Coinage in the name of the Botteatans AE 24mm. Circa 168-148 BC. Pella mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head of Athena Parthenos to right, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet / BOTTE-ATΩN, ox grazing to right. Cf. AMNG III.1 131. 10.41gr, 24mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Troas, Hamaxitos AE 11mm. Circa 400-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £48
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΑΜΑ-ΞΙ, lyre. SNG von Aulock 7601; SNG Copenhagen 342. 1.44gr, 11mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine. Rare city.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
According to Aelian, the inhabitants of Hamaxitus worshipped mice, and for this reason called Apollo, their chief divinity, Smintheus (='mouse' in the Aeolian dialect).
