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LOT 3150
Sikyonia, Sikyon AE Chalkous. Circa 225-200 BC.
Dove feeding to right / Tripod within olive wreath. BCD Peloponnesos 318.3-4; HGC 5, 275. Near Very Fine.(2.08gr, 13mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3150
Sikyonia, Sikyon AE Chalkous.
Estimate £10 - 20€12 - 23 (for guidance only)$14 - 27 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Berenike II AE Tritartemorion. Struck circa 244-241 BC. Uncertain mint on the north Syrian coast.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Diademed and draped bust of Berenike II to right / Illegible inscription, filleted cornucopia; club to left; [to right, eagle standing to left]. Svoronos 1048; Weiser -; SNG Copenhagen -; Noeske -. 7.66gr, 21mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. A rare denonination not often in auctions.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Troas, Gargara AE 17mm. Circa 400-284 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Apollo to right; c/m: bucranion(?) / ΓΑΡ, horse prancing to left. SNG Copenhagen 332; SNG von Aulock -; Obolos 38, 241 (hammer: 333 GBP). 4.03gr, 17mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare with horse prancing to left and one of the few examples from Gargara countermarked. Only one other example on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Bithynia, Tium AE 10mm. Circa 350-300 BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Zeus to left / TIANOΣ, eagle standing to left with closed wings. SNG Tübingen 2151. 0.86gr, 10mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
Tium is known as the birthplace of Philetaeros, the founder of the royal dynasty of Pergamon.
