LOT 3102
Sicily, Syracuse AE Tetras(?) Time of Dionysios II, 367-357 BC. 'Kainon' issue.
Griffin springing to left / [KAINON], horse galloping to left, with trailing rein. Campana 1 ('Kainon'); CNS I, p. 249, 1 ('Kainon'); HGC 2, 509 ('Kainon'). Very Fine.(10.15gr, 22mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
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LOT 3102
Sicily, Syracuse AE Tetras(?)
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
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Islands off Thessaly, Skiathos AE 13mm. Circa 350-344 BC.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Male head to left, wearing taenia / ΣΚΙ-ΑΘΙ, kerykeion; herm to inner left. HGC 6, 414. 2.12gr, 13mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Aeolis, Temnos AE 10mm. 3rd century BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Bearded head of Dionysos to right, wreathed with ivy / T-A; grape bunch. SNG München -; SNG Copenhagen 249. 0.85gr, 10mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Asia Minor, Uncertain Mint AR Hemiobol. 4th century BC.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £30
Turreted head of female to right / Monogram; M below. CNG E-573, lot 279 var. (kerykeion, no M); CNG E-575, 174; otherwise, unpublished in the standard references. 0.29gr, 7mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
CNG note: 'Prior sales speculated this type may be of Pnytagoras of Salamis, but this was based on a vague similarity of the obverse type to some issues of that king, and an unlikely reading of the monogram as being formed of the letters ΠN.'
