LOT 3250
Phrygia, Toriaion AE 20mm. 2nd-1st century BC.
ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΣ (Demetrios), magistrate. Laureate head of Zeus to right / TOPIAIT, eagle standing to right on thunderbolt, with kerykeion over his left shoulder, ΔΗΜΗΤ[Ρ] below. Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département Monnaies, Médailles et Antiques, Fonds Général 284 corr. (misdescribed as Amorion, Phrygia). Very Fine. The second known example of an exceedingly rare mint.(7.76gr, 20mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3250
Phrygia, Toriaion AE 20mm.
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£150 (EUR 174; USD 203) +BP*
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Troas, Gargara AE 17mm. Circa 400-284 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Apollo to right; c/m: bucranion(?) / ΓΑΡ, horse prancing to left. SNG Copenhagen 332; SNG von Aulock -; Obolos 38, 241 (hammer: 333 GBP). 4.03gr, 17mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare with horse prancing to left and one of the few examples from Gargara countermarked. Only one other example on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Aeolis, Autokane AE 9mm. 4th century BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Zeus to right / AYT[...], helmeted head of Athena to right; bunch of grapes behind. 0.66gr, 9mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Islands off Ionia, Samos AE 12mm. Circa 400-200 BC.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΗΓΗΣΙΑΝΑΞ (Hegesianax), magistrate. Head of Hera to right, wearing stephane and necklace / ΣA above, HΓHΣIANAΞ beneath prow of Samian galley to right. BMC -; cf. Barron pp. 204, 211, and 217 for magistrate; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -. 1.59gr, 12mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare issue.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
