LOT 3748
The Thracian Chersonese, Sestos AE 15mm. Circa 150-100 BC.
Head of Apollo to left / ΣΗΣ-[ΤΙ], tripod; Γ to left; star in exergue. CN Online 57873; Fritze, Sestos, Die Menas-Inschrift und das Münzwesen der Stadt 1, p.7, 21 / pl.1, 36. Very Fine.(4.19gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3748
The Thracian Chersonese, Sestos AE 15mm.
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Illyria, Apollonia AE 19mm. Early-mid 1st century BC.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £35
Head of Dionysos to right; wreathed in ivy / [ΑΠΟΛΛΩ]-ΝΙΑΤΑΝ, filleted cornucopia; monogram to left. Mionnet II 58; HGC 3.1, 14. 6.94gr, 19mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Corinthia, Corinth AR Stater. Circa 345-307 BC.
Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £315
Pegasus flying to left; [Ϙ below] / Head of Athena to left, wearing Corinthian helmet; Δ-I flanking neck, behind, Zeus seated to right, holding eagle and brandishing thunderbolt. Pegasi 450; Ravel 1075; BCD Corinth 131; HGC 4, 1848. 8.51gr, 24mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine. Pleasant cabinet tone.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 97, 26 May 2022, lot 78. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Drachm. Struck under Menander or Kleitos, in the name and types of Alexander III. Sardes, circa 323-319 BC.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £44
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; ΑΛEΞANΔPOY to right, monogram above torch in left field. Price 2589; Müller 91. 4.21gr, 18mm, 2h.
Very Fine; struck on a broad flan, full borders visible.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 94, 24 February 2022, lot 200. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
