LOT 3107
Thrace, Ainos AR Diobol. Circa 432-431 BC.
Head of Hermes to right, wearing petasos / AIN, goat standing to right; herm before. May, Ainos Group XX, 112; HGC 3, 1274. Near Very Fine. Rare symbol.(0.99gr, 11mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos I Soter AE 18mm. 281-261 BC. Uncertain mint 21.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Head of Artemis to left, wearing stephane / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, anchor, monogram to left. SC 359; HGC 9, 170. 3.64gr, 18mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Mysia, Lampsakos AR Diobol. Circa 350-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Janiform female heads, with central earring, set on dolphin to left / [ΛΑ]-M-Ψ, helmeted head of Athena to right. Baldwin, Lampsakos, Group B, Type I, pl. VI, 14; SNG Arikantürk 622–3 var. (dolphin to right). 1.17gr, 12mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire. Antiochos II Theos AE 16mm. 261-246 BC. Sardis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, tripod; in outer fields, monograms; in exergue, anchor. Cf. SC 527.1; HGC 9, 253a. 3.52gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
