LOT 3114
The Thracian Chersonese, Sestos AE 24mm. Circa 300 BC.
Female head to left, hair bound with sphendone / ΣA, Demeter seated to left, holding grain ear in right hand and resting left on seat; to left, herm. Von Fritze 1; HGC 3.2, 1640. Very Fine.(8.19gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3114
The Thracian Chersonese, Sestos AE 24mm.
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphos AE Diobol. Circa early 260s BC. Uncertain mint, probably in Cyprus.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Laureate head of Zeus to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt with closed wings; in the field to left, ΔI above grain ear. CPE B317; SNG Copenhagen -; Svoronos 381. 11.80gr, 29mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Thrace, Chersonesos AE 10mm. 4th century BC.
Estimate: £10 - 20 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of Demeter, three-quarters facing to right, wearing earring and necklace / XEΡ-ΡO, barley corn, [branch in field?}. Cf. Traité 1581; cf: BMC III, 56; cf. McClean 56. 1.26gr, 10mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Phrygia, Sanaos AE 18mm. 2nd century BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΑΠΟΛ- (Apol-), magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΣΑΝΑΗΝΩΝ ΑΠΟΛ, tripod flanked by two laurel branches. Imhoof-Blumer, KM, p. 286, 1; Von Aulock, Phrygien I, 856-8. 3.76gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Edge chipped. Extremely rare mint.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
Sanaos was probably located on the northern coast of the salt Lake Anava, on the eastern road between Apamea and Laodicea.
