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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The Thracian Chersonese, Cardia AE 12mm. 357-309 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Lion standing to left / ΚΑΡ-ΔΙΑ, barleycorn within square frame. HGC 3, II, 1482. 1.62gr, 12mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Mysia, Lampsakos AR Diobol. Circa 350-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Janiform female heads, with central earring, set on dolphin to left / [ΛΑ]-M-Ψ, helmeted head of Athena to right. Baldwin, Lampsakos, Group B, Type I, pl. VI, 14; SNG Arikantürk 622–3 var. (dolphin to right). 1.17gr, 12mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AR Drachm. Struck circa 301/0-300/299 BC. Abydos mint. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left; in left field, forepart of lion left above monogram; below throne, head right, wearing Phrygian cap. Thompson 65 var. (monogram); Müller -; Price 1582 var. (same); HGC 3, 1751c; SNG Saroglos 726. 4.38gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
