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LOT 3193
Troas, Assos AE 9mm. Circa 400-250 BC.
Griffin seated to right / Roaring lion's head to right. SNG München -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; Klein -. Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.(0.73gr, 9mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
The attribution of this coin to Assos is based on its similarity to obols struck during the same period.
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Kings of the Bosporos, Rheskouporis IV, with Philip I BI Stater. Dated 544 BE (AD 247/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
BACIΛЄധC PHCKOVΠOPIΔ, diademed head of Rheskouporis to right / Laureate head of Philip I to right; club before, ΔMΦ (date) below. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 3312; MacDonald 606. 7.07gr, 20mm, 2h.
Very Fine. Some delamination to reverse.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Mysia, Gambrion AE 17mm. Circa 400-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΓΑΜ, twelve-rayed tar. Plankenhorn 2; SNG BnF 908–21. 4.57gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AR Drachm. Circa 301/0-300/299 BC. Abydos mint. In the types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / [ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ] ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧ[ΟY], Zeus seated to left on low throne, holding long sceptre in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; to left, forepart of lion to left above monogram; below throne, head of griffin to left. Müller -; Thompson 65. 4.17gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
