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LOT 2672
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos III AE 13mm. 198 BC or later. Uncertain Mint 61, in Southern Coele Syria.
Laureate head of Apollo to right / [ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ] ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, horse trotting to right. SC 1094; CSE 438-9; HGC 9, 526. Very Fine. Very rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.(3.02gr, 13mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Thrace, Maroneia AE 16mm. Circa 398-346 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Horse galloping to right; monogram of ΠΝΚ below / ΜΑΡ-ΩΝΙ-ΤΩΝ, legend around grape arbor within linear square border; monogram of EY below. Evelpidis 962-3; SNG Copenhagen 632; Schönert-Geiss, Maroneia 721-923; BMC -. 4.29gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 40, 28 October 2017, lot 129 (professionally cleaned since). Property of a London antiquarian. -
Pontos, Komana AE 21mm. Dated CY 23 (AD 56/7). Time of Nero. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
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. 6.99gr, 21mm, 5h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk). -
Illyria, Dyrrhachion AR Drachm. Circa 80/70-60/55 BC. ΜΕΝΙΣΚΟΣ (Meniskos) and ΛΥΚΙΣΚΟΣ (Lykiskos), magistrates.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Cow standing to right, looking back at suckling calf standing to left below; MENIΣKO[Σ] above, [statue of Isis to right] / Double stellate pattern in double linear square; ΔYP ΛY-KIΣ-KO[Y] around; all within linear circle border. Ceka 325; Maier 278; HGC 3, 40. 3.13gr, 18mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
