LOT 3160
Pontos, Amisos AE 21mm. Time of Mithradates VI Eupator, circa 85-65 BC.
Head of Dionysos to right, wearing wreath of ivy and fruit / AMIΣOY, panther skin and thyrsos on cista mystica; to left, monogram. SNG BM Black Sea -; SNG Stancomb -; HGC 7, 243. Very Fine. Extremely rare with this monogram.(7.66gr, 21mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Mysia, Adramyteion AE 10mm. 3rd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Diademed head of Apollo to right / ΑΔΡΑ within wreath. Not in the major references. 0.73gr, 10mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished and possibly unique.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Lucania, Thourioi AR Triobol. Circa 350-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Helmeted head of Athena to right, no symbol on bowl / ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ, bull butting to right; in exergue, [grape bunch(?) between inscription]. Cf. HN Italy 1855; cf. BMC 117. 1.09gr, 12mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos III Soter (Keraunos) AE 15mm. Circa 225-223 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Draped bust of Artemis to right; quiver at shoulder / Apollo Delphios seated to left on omphalos, testing arrow and resting hand on bow; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩ[Σ] to right, ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟ[Υ] to left, [monogram] to outer left, [monogram] in exergue. Cf. SC 922; HGC 9, 421. 3.68gr, 15mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
