LOT 2940
Pontos, Amisos AE 22mm. Circa 90-85 BC.
Aegis / [Α]ΜΙΣΟΥ, Nike advancing to right, holding palm tied with fillet over left shoulder. Malloy 45a; RG 44; HGC 7, 242. Very Fine.(6.65gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Ionia, Teos AR Diobol. Circa 320-294 BC. ΜΕΝΤΩΡ (Mentor), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Griffin seated to right, right forepaw raised / ΤΗΙ ΜΕΝΤΩ[Ρ], chelys. Kinns 95 var. (magistrate's name downward to left). 0.92gr, 10mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Attractively toned with hints of blue iridescence around the devices on obverse.
Acquired in London in 2011. Private collection, Switzerland.
Teos came under the rule of the Achaemenids, when Cyrus II (559-529 BC) was king. The occupation by the Persians led to the exodus of a large part of the population of Teos, between 545 and 540 BC, to Thrace, where they participated in the rebuilding of the city of Abdera. The two cities struck similar silver coins with the depiction of the griffin, seated on the right for Teos and on the left for Abdera. -
Karia, Mylasa AR Drachm. Circa 170-130 BC. Pseudo-Rhodian type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Facing head of Helios, eagle superimposed to left / Rose with tendril and bud to right. Ashton, Mylasa 1ff; HNO 425; SNG Copenhagen 721. 2.39gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Amazing dark cabinet tone.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group (collector's envelope with two photogravures of both coin's sides included). Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian. -
Lucania, Metapontion AE 15mm. Circa 250-207 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Athena Promachos advancing to right, brandishing spear and shield / Owl standing on grain ear to right, head facing; META upwards to left. Johnston, Bronze 68a; SNG Copenhagen 1254; HN Italy 1704; HGC 1, 1113. 3.08gr, 15mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of G.M.R.H., London, UK.
