LOT 3103
Sicily, Syracuse AE 26mm. Time of Timoleon and the Third Democracy, circa 344-339/8 BC.
Laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios to right; ZEΥ[Σ ΕΛΕΘΥΕPΙΟΣ] around / Upright thunderbolt, to right, eagle standing to right; ΣY[PAKOΣIΩN] around. CNS II, 72; SNG ANS 477-88; HGC 2, 1440. Very Fine.(15.91gr, 26mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 92, 16 December 2021, lot 146.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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Mysia, Lampsakos AR Diobol. Circa 450-350 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Janiform female heads, with central earring / ΛΑ-[Μ]-Ψ, helmeted head of Athena to right within incuse square. Baldwin, Lampsakos Group B, Type I, 3-4; SNG Arikantürk 621. 1.28gr, 12mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Cyclades, Delos AE Chalkous. Circa 280-166 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Laureate head of Apollo to left / Δ-H, lyre. SNG Copenhagen 670; BMC 7; HGC 6, 500. 0.75gr, 10mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Persia. Alexandrine Empire, Uncertain satrap of Babylon AR Hemiobol. Circa 328-311 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Baaltars seated to left, holding sceptre / Lion walking to left, spearhead to left above. CNG MBS 63, lot 786 (Samaria); BMC -, cf. 4 (tetradrachm); Nicolet-Pierre -, cf. 2 (same); otherwise unpublished. 0.42gr, 8mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
