LOT 3894
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, ΔΗΜΗΤΡ below. Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département Monnaies, Médailles et Antiques, Fonds Général 284 corr. (misdescribed as Amorion, Phrygia). Near Very Fine. The third known example of an exceedingly rare mint.(7.38gr, 20mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3894
Phrygia, Toriaion AE 20mm.
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Drachm. Struck under Menander or Kleitos, in the name and types of Alexander III. Sardes, circa 323-319 BC.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £44
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; ΑΛEΞANΔPOY to right, monogram above torch in left field. Price 2589; Müller 91. 4.21gr, 18mm, 2h.
Very Fine; struck on a broad flan, full borders visible.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 94, 24 February 2022, lot 200. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
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Dynasts of Lykia, Uncertain Dynast AR Hemiobol. Circa 480-430 BC.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Forepart of boar to left / Head and neck of leashed hunting dog to right; within incuse square. SNG Keckman 349-351; SNG von Aulock -; Traité II, 184 var. (dog to left). 0.30gr, 7mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Islands off Caria. Rhodes, Rhodos AE 12mm. Circa 188-84 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Radiate head of Helios to right / [P-O], rose with bud to left and right, all within incuse square. SNG Keckman 702; SNG Copenhagen 860; BMC 327. 1.26gr, 12mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
