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LOT 3111
The Thracian Chersonese, Cardia AE 15mm. Circa 350-309 BC.
Head of Persephone to right, wearing tainia and pendant earring / ΚΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ, forepart of lion pouncing to left with head slightly facing, crushing spear with its jaws; at bottom right, barley ear. Tsvetkova 60-63; HGC 3.2 1479. Near Very Fine.(4.04gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Mysia, Lampsakos AR Diobol. Circa 350-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Janiform female heads, with central earring / Inscription around, helmeted head of Athena to right. Cf. SNG Arikantürk 622-6. 1.25gr, 11mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos II Kallinikos AE 17mm. 246-226 BC. Sardes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Apollo standing to left, testing arrow and resting hand on grounded bow; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ to left, two monograms to outer left, HP monogram to outer right. SC 660.8a; WSM 1659; HGC 9, 345. 3.81gr, 17mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Rare.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2009. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Berenike II AE Tritartemorion. Struck circa 244-241 BC. Uncertain mint on the north Syrian coast.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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.
