LOT 3289
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos III AE 12mm. 222-187 BC. Sardes mint.
Laureate head of Apollo to right / [ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ] ANTIOXO[Y], Apollo standing to left, holding arrow and resting elbow on tall tripod; monogram to outer right. SC 983; HGC 9, 518. Near Very Fine.(2.27gr, 12mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePurchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 104, 15 December 2022, lot 495.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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Aeolis, Larissa Phrikonis AE 11mm. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Laureate head of Apollo to right / [ΛΑΡΙΣΑΙΩΝ], bull standing to right. BMC -; SNG Ashmolean -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; Obolos 23, 437 (hammer: 374 GBP). 1.10gr, 11mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished and the second known example.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Bithynia, Tium AE 10mm. Circa 350-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate head of Zeus to left / TIANOΣ, eagle standing to left with closed wings. SNG Tübingen 2151. 0.86gr, 10mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
Tium is known as the birthplace of Philetaeros, the founder of the royal dynasty of Pergamon. -
Phrygia, Apameia AE 18mm. Circa AD 180-250. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
ΔHMOC, draped bust of Demos to right / ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ, Marsyas advancing to right, playing double flute. SNG Copenhagen 200. 3.35gr, 18mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine. Rare.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
