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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 Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.(0.73gr, 9mm, 6h.).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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Lesbos, Eresos AE 9mm. Circa 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Head of Hermes to left, wearing petasus / EPE, grain ear. Cf. HGC 6, 880. 0.63gr, 9mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Pontos, Pharnakeia AE 17mm. Struck under Pharnakes I, circa 185-125 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΦΑΡΝΑ-ΚΕΩΝ, zebu butting to right, head facing. SNG BM Black Sea 1274; RG I, 3; HGC 7, 295. 5.24gr, 17mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos II Theos(?) AE 13mm. Circa 261-246 BC. Ekbatana mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Diademed head to right / Apollo Delphios, testing arrow and resting hand on grounded bow, seated to left on omphalos; [ΒΑ]ΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, [ΑΝ]ΤΙΟΧ[ΟΥ] to left. Cf. SC 611; cf. HGC 9, 286. 2.48gr, 13mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
