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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Kings of Numidia, Massinissa or Micipsa AE Unit. 203-148 BC or 148-118 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Laureate head to left / Horse galloping to left; Punic letters 'mem' and 'nun' below. CNP 145j (Massinissa). 12.99gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Lydia, Klannudda AE 22mm. 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Laureate head of Zeus to right / KΛANNOYΔEΩN, eagle standing to right on thunderbolt, all within wreath. Prowe III, 1452; GRPC Lydia 5. 6.82gr, 22mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine. Rare city.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Cyprus, Marion AE 21mm. Timarchos or Stasioikos II, 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Shield adorned with wreath containing ['sa-pa'] in Cypriot / Head of lion to left; [MAPIEYΣ] below. Cf. Tziambazis Supp. 20 (no king named); Destrooper 16 (no king named); cf. Roma E-91, 496 corr. (Stasioikos II) and Roma E-74, 668 (Timarchos). 7.83gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 101, 13 October 2022, lot 515. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
The two Roma Numismatics auction specimens listed both have clear letters on the obverse, one reading 'ti-pa' and the other 'sa-pa' for Timarchos and Stasioikos II.
