LOT 3316
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy I Soter AE Obol. Circa 294-282 BC. Palaipaphos mint.
Head of Aphrodite to right, wearing polos ornamented with palmettes / [ΠTO]ΛEMAI[OY], eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt. CPE B118; Svoronos 74; Cox, Curium 31. Very Fine. Tooled. Very rare.(9.52gr, 21mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 98, 16 June 2022, lot 492.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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Lydia, Hierocaesarea AE 16mm. Circa 100-54 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Head of Apollo to right / Bow and quiver between AP monogram and IEΡ monogram; all within wreath. GRPC Lydia, 1; Imhoof-Blumer, Lyd. Stadtmünzen 3. 4.09gr, 16mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos II Theos(?) AE 13mm. Circa 261-246 BC. Ekbatana mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Diademed head to right / Apollo Delphios, testing arrow and resting hand on grounded bow, seated to left on omphalos; [ΒΑ]ΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, [ΑΝ]ΤΙΟΧ[ΟΥ] to left. Cf. SC 611; cf. HGC 9, 286. 2.48gr, 13mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Macedon, Terone Fourrée Tetrobol. Circa 490-460 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Oinochoe to left, with bunch of grapes hanged on its body / Quadripartite incuse square. For prototype cf. SNG ANS 746; HGC 3.1, 709. 1.98gr, 15mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.
