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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Bithynia, Kios AR Half Siglos or Hemidrachm. Circa 345-315 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΣ (Demetrios), magistrate. Persic standard. Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΔΗΜΗ-ΤΡΙΟΣ, prow of galley to left. RG 3; HGC 7, 553. 2.39gr, 14mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
[BACIΛЄധC AΓPIΠA, canopy] / Three ears of corn; [L Ϛ (date) across fields]. RPC I, 4981; TJC 120; Hendin GBC 6, 6274; Hendin GBC 5, 1244; Sofaer 153-6. 1.55gr, 16mm, 6h.
Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Hadrian AE Half Quadrans or Chalkous of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / S C and Θ within laurel wreath. RPC III Online 3713; Butcher 241; McAlee 543i. 0.89gr, 11mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine. Rare small denomination.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
