LOT 3045
Pontos, Amisos AE 29mm. Time of Mithradates VI Eupator, circa 90-85 BC.
Head of Athena to right, wearing Attic helmet / Perseus standing facing, holding harpa and Medusa's head; Medusa's body at his feet, monogram of MET to left, monogram of ZEA to right. HGC 7, 238. Near Very Fine.(18.14gr, 29mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the German art market before 2000.
Private collection, South Germany.
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Cilicia, Korykos AE 18mm. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
ΚΩ-ΡΥΚΙ, aphlaston / AVTO-NOM, winged kerykeion. SNG Levante 804; SNG BnF 1104-5. 3.54gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a UK gallery. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AR Obol. 336-323 BC. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre. Cf. HGC 3.1, 918. 0.53gr, 9mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos II Theos AR Drachm. 261-246 BC. Unattributed issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Diademed head of Antiochos I to right / BAΣIΛEΩ[Σ] ANTIOX[OY], Apollo Delphios, nude but for chlamys draped from his waist, wearing laurel wreath and seated on omphalos to left, testing bow with his right hand and resting his left on omphalos; monogram to outer right. 4.20gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
