LOT 3813
Pontos, Amisos AE 22mm. Circa 95-90 or 80-70 BC.
Wreathed head of Mithradates VI as young Dionysos right / Panther skin and thyrsos on cista mystica, to left, monogram. HGC 7, 243. Extremely Fine.(8.04gr, 22mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom a German private collection, formed since the 1980s.
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LOT 3813
Pontos, Amisos AE 22mm.
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£20 (EUR 23; USD 27) +BP*
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Kingdom of Pergamon, Eumenes II AE 10mm. Circa 197-159 BC. In the name of Philetairos.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ, bee; [ΔΙ below]. BMC 65; SNG Copenhagen 353; Imhoof-Blumer F., Die Münzen Der Dynastie Von Pergamon 62, pl. III, 7. 1.11gr, 10mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
The attribution of this small bronze to Eumenes II is based mainly on Imhoof-Blumer's thesis that the majority of the bronzes bearing the name of Philetairos depict the controls of the contemporaneous tetradrachms. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm. Struck as Strategos or king of Asia, in the name and types of Alexander III. 'Kolophon', circa 310-301 BC.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £53
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ to right, crescent in left field, monogram below throne. Price 1827; Müller 273. 3.96gr, 18mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 97, 26 May 2022, lot 212. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
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Troas, Abydos AR Obol(?). Circa 480-450 BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ABY, eagle standing to left; star to right / Gorgoneion facing within incuse square. CN Online Type 2506; SNG Arikantürk 7. 0.39gr, 9mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.
