LOT 2775
Pontos, Komana AE 21mm. Dated CY 23 (AD 56/7). Time of Nero. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Radiate head of Helios(?) to right / Γ-Κ (date) ΚΟ-ΜΑ-ΝΩ-Ν in three lines, vertical club. RPC I 2161a.9 (this coin); RG 7; Amandry-Rémy, Comana 11-12. Near Extremely Fine.(6.99gr, 21mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk).
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Group of Nine [9] AE Greek Coins. 3rd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Comprising: various types, issues, denominations and reverse types. 50.33gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Lesbos, Mytilene AR Tetradrachm. Circa 160s BC.
Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £240
Bearded head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing laurel wreath / Facing xoanon of bearded Dionysos facing, wearing polos; ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΩΝ flanking; all within wreath of ivy. Cf. EHC 650; cf. CH VIII, pl. LXIV, 2 (different obverse style). 13.92gr, 34mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Rough surfaces. Very rare.
From the Fadel family collection, London, UK, 1970s. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 14mm. Struck circa 8/7 BC-AD 15/6. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Laureate head to right / Crossed cornucopiae; Aramaic letter in between. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 70. 1.86gr, 14mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
