LOT 3812
Pontos, Amisos AE 23mm. Circa 95-90 or 80-70 BC.
Wreathed head of Mithradates VI as young Dionysos to right / ΑΜΙΣΟΥ, panther skin and thyrsos on cista mystica, to left and right, monogram. HGC 7, 243. Extremely Fine.(8.64gr, 23mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceFrom a German private collection, formed since the 1980s.
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LOT 3812
Pontos, Amisos AE 23mm.
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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Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AR Drachm. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Magnesia ad Maeandrum, circa 301-299 BC.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £53
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; [AΛ]EΞANΔΡO[Y] to right, lion leaping to left in left field, A within wreath below throne. Price 1985; Müller 788; Thompson -. 4.29gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 97, 26 May 2022, lot 235. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos II Theos AR Tetradrachm. 261-246 BC. Seleukeia on the Tigris mint.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £55
Diademed head of Antiochos I to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANT-IOXOY, Apollo Delphios, nude but for chlamys draped from his waist, wearing laurel wreath and seated on omphalos to left, testing arrow with his right hand and resting his left on a bow leaning against the omphalos behind him; monograms to outer left and right. SC 587.3. 16.49gr, 28mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm. Struck as Strategos or king of Asia, in the name and types of Alexander III. Lampsakos, circa 310-301 BC.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £58
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; AΛEΞANΔPO[Y] to right, forepart of Pegasos to left in left field, monogram beneath throne. Price 1382; Müller 612; SNG Copenhagen 887; ADM II Series XVIII. 4.21gr, 18mm, 5h.
Extremely Fine. An attractive example.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 97, 26 May 2022, lot 179. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
