LOT 4004
Trajan AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Midaeum, Phrygia. AD 98-117.
ΑΥ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ [ΚΑΙ ϹΕ Γ]ΕΡ ΔΑ, laureate head to right / ΜΙΔΑ-[ΕΩΝ], Cybele seated to left, holding patera in her right hand, resting on tympanum with her left arm; lion to left and right. Cf. RPC III, 2644; Von Aulock, Phrygiens II -. Very Fine. Extremely rare; only one example cited by RPC and none on CoinArchives.(21.46gr, 32mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 4004
Trajan AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Midaeum, Phrygia.
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£150 (EUR 174; USD 203) +BP*
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Ionia, Leukai or Klazomenai AE 10mm. 4th century BC. Uncertain magistrate.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Apollo to left / Swan to left. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 800 (Leukai); cf. BMC 46 (Klazomenai). 0.99gr, 10mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Cilicia, Uncertain Mint AR Hemiobol. Circa 4th century BC.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £35
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Male deity, half nude, seated to left on throne, holding patera and sceptre, flanked by two sphinxes. Unpublished in the standard references but cf. Leu 13, 458 = Roma E-79, 334. 0.27gr, 7mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; the third known example.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 118, 8 April 2024, lot 664. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm. Struck circa 310-301 BC. Kolophon mint. In the name and types of Alexander III.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 4 | Current Bid: £30
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; monogram of KA in left field, Φ beneath throne. Price 1823. 4.22gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
