LOT 3192
Troas, Alexandreia AE 15mm. Circa 241-228 BC.
Laureate head of Apollo to left / ΑΛΕΞΑ, horse grazing to left; corn-grain below, thunderbolt in exergue. Bellinger A112. Very Fine.(2.71gr, 15mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection formed in the early 2000s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. Time of Kleopatra III & Ptolemy IX to Ptolemy X AE 40 Drachms-Obol. Circa 113/2–82/1 BC. Alexandria mint. Series 9.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon to right / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, two eagles with closed wings, standing to left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left. CPE B745; Svoronos 1426; SNG Copenhagen 311-4. 8.01gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the London, UK, art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Ionia, Kolophon AR Diobol. Circa 530/25-500 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Archaic head of Apollo to left / Quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. 1.06gr, 9mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos III Soter (Keraunos) AE 15mm. Circa 225-223 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Draped bust of Artemis to right; quiver at shoulder / Apollo Delphios seated to left on omphalos, testing arrow and resting hand on bow; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩ[Σ] to right, ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟ[Υ] to left, [monogram] to outer left, [monogram] in exergue. Cf. SC 922; HGC 9, 421. 3.68gr, 15mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
