LOT 3059
Troas, Achaiion AE 18mm. Circa 2nd-1st century BC.
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΑΧΑ-ΙΤധN, Artemis standing facing, head to left, quiver over shoulder and holding bow and arrow in right hand. A. Ellis-Evans: The Coinage and History of Achaiion in the Troad, in: REA 119 (2017), p. 31, 4. Near Very Fine. Extremely rare type of an exceedingly rare city; no other examples on CoinArchives.(5.04gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Mysia, Lampsakos AR Diobol. 4th-3rd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Diademed janiform female heads wearing circular earring and necklace; below, dolphin / ΛΑ[-Μ-Ψ], head of Athena wearing Corinthian helmet to right. Cf. Baldwin, Lampsakos, Group B, pl. VI, 11; cf. SNG BnF 1193. 0.96gr, 11mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Aiolis, Kyme, AE 17mm. c.165-90 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Apatourios, magistrate, draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / KY, oinochoe; laurel branches flanking, A-ΠA/T-OY/P-I/O-Σ across inner fields. SNG Ashmolean 1416-8; SNG Copenhagen 106-7. 3.39gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Greek King of Baktria, Eukratides I AE 21mm. c.175-170 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY / ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ, diademed and draped bust right, wearing horned Boiotian helmet / Maharajasa/Evukratidasa (Kharosthi), Dioscuri on horseback charging right, with couched spears and holding palm branches. HGC 12, 146. 8.65gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
