LOT 3105
Sicily, Syracuse AE 19mm. Roman rule, after 212 BC.
Laureate head of Zeus to right / Victory driving biga to right; [ΣYP]AKOΣI[Ω]N around. CNS 229; cf. SNG ANS 1072-5. Very Fine.(6.43gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
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Attica, Athens AE 9mm. Clerouchy of Delos, Period III, circa 166-150 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Laureate head of Apollo to right / Quiver; AΘΕ in fields. Svoronos, Monnaies pl. 106, 33-41. 0.94gr, 9mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
It is in the Periods II-III and after the acquisition of Delos in 167/166 BC, that Delian Apollo and his attributes make their appearance as Athenian coin types and dominate the obverses of these small bronze denominations. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VI Philometor & Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) AE Diobol(?). 170-163 BC. Alexandria mint. Coregency issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon to right / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟY ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, two eagles with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; cornucopiae in left field. Svoronos 1424 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI); Weiser 142 (Ptolemy V); SNG Copenhagen 308-310 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI); Noeske 212-5 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI). 20.14gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Pamphylia, Side AE 15mm. Circa 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / Pomegranate. SNG BnF 770. 3.26gr, 15mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
