LOT 3104
Sicily, Syracuse AE Tetras. Time of Timoleon and the Third Democracy, circa 344-332 BC.
ΖΕΥΣ ΕΛΕΥΘ-ΟΣ, laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios to left; behind, in the field to right, star of eight rays / ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ. triskeles to left. Calciati 82; HGC 2, 1457; SNG ANS 544; SNG Morcom 720. Good Very Fine. Slightly tooled.(6.46gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx John Moore, York, UK, in the late 1990s.
Property of a Harrow, UK gentleman.
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LOT 3104
Sicily, Syracuse AE Tetras.
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
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Caria, Karyanda AE 9mm. Circa 400-390 BC.
Estimate: £100 - 150 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Female head to right / KAP, head of eagle to left. Konuk 2012, 350, fig. 8; HNO Online 2160. 0.63gr, 9mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Exceedingly rare city; the first specimen of this type to appear on the market.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Mysia. Kings of Pergamon, Philetairos AE 13mm. 282-263 BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Helmeted head of Athena to right / ΦΙΛΕ-ΤΑΙΡΟΥ above and beneath bow. SNG Copenhagen 348; SNG BnF 1682-1687. 1.95gr, 13mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AE 19mm. Dated SE 193(?) (120/9 BC). Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Diademed and radiate head to right / BAΣIΛE[ΩΣ] ANTIO[XOY] EΠIΦAN[OYΣ], eagle standing to left, sceptre under far wing, monogram(?) to outer left, date below. Cf. SC 2300.2; HGC 9, 1212. 5.57gr, 19mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
