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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LOT 3160
Pontos, Amisos AE 21mm.
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
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Kings of the Bosporos, Rheskouporis V, with Philip I, BI Stater. Dated 545 BE (AD 248/9).
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
BACIΛЄധC PHCKOΠOPIΔ, diademed bust to right / Laureate head of emperor to right; club before, ЄMΦ (date) beneath truncation. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 3347; MacDonald 607/1 (Rheskouporis IV). 6.98gr, 20mm, 2h.
Very Fine. Areas of delamination.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Cilicia, Uncertain Mint AR Obol. Circa 4th century BC.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £41
Female head (Arethusa?) facing, wearing triple-pendant earrings / Male head to left, wearing Corinthian helmet. SNG Levante 248; SNG BnF 477; SNG von Aulock -. 0.50gr, 11mm, 9h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC. Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B. 5.45gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
