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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Cilicia, Uncertain Mint AR Hemiobol. Circa 4th century BC.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £35
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Male deity, half nude, seated to left on throne, holding patera and sceptre, flanked by two sphinxes. Unpublished in the standard references but cf. Leu 13, 458 = Roma E-79, 334. 0.27gr, 7mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; the third known example.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 118, 8 April 2024, lot 664. 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. -
Kyrenaika, Kyrene AR Obol. Circa 510-490 BC. Attic standard.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Silphion fruit / Quadripartite incuse square, divided by four lines. Cf. Buttrey, Coins, Period I, Group 1A, 51 (incuse diagonally divided). 0.69gr, 7mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely rare incuse pattern.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
