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LOT 3125
Thrace, Bisanthe AE 13mm. 3rd century BC.
Veiled head of Demeter to right, wreathed with grain / BI within grain wreath, ΣΑΝ below. Schönert-Geiss 38-41; HGC 3.2, 1367 (ΣΑΝ not mentioned). Near Very Fine. Very rare.(2.06gr, 13mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3125
Thrace, Bisanthe AE 13mm.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Cyprus, Marion AE 21mm. Timarchos or Stasioikos II, 4th century BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Shield adorned with wreath containing ['sa-pa'] in Cypriot / Head of lion to left; [MAPIEYΣ] below. Cf. Tziambazis Supp. 20 (no king named); Destrooper 16 (no king named); cf. Roma E-91, 496 corr. (Stasioikos II) and Roma E-74, 668 (Timarchos). 7.83gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 101, 13 October 2022, lot 515. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
The two Roma Numismatics auction specimens listed both have clear letters on the obverse, one reading 'ti-pa' and the other 'sa-pa' for Timarchos and Stasioikos II. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos I Soter AE 22mm. 281-261 BC. Uncertain mint.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Laureate head to right / BΑΣΙΛΕΩ[Σ] ΑΝΤΙΟΧ[ΟΥ], Artemis standing to left, wearing short chiton, endromides, and quiver over shoulder, crowning the king's name with wreath in her right hand, and holding spear in her left, monogram in outer right field. BMC -; HGC 9, -; Newell -; Houghton -; Savoca Numismatik, Auction 21, 212. 12.11gr, 22mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; unpublished and the second known example.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Lucania, Poseidonia AR Stater. Circa 445-420 BC.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Poseidon advancing right, nude but for chlamys draped over arms, wielding trident overhead / Bull standing left on dotted line. Cf. HN Italy 1116; HGC 1, 1152. 7.95gr,19mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine. Seemingly suspension loop attached.
Acquired on the European art market.
