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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 Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.(0.73gr, 9mm, 6h.).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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Troas, Birytis AE 11mm. Circa 350-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Head of Kabeiros to left, wearing pileus / B-I P-Y, vertical club, all within laurel wreath. SNG Copenhagen 247-49; SNG von Aulock 1502; Klein 302. 1.08gr, 11mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Group of Ten (10) Greek AE Coins. Circa 3rd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Comprising: mixed rulers, issues, denominations and reverse types. 65gr total.
As shown.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Kings of Armenia, Tigranes II AE Dichalkon. Circa 96-56 BC. Nisibis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Head to left, wearing four-pointed tiara / BAΣΙΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOY TIΓPANOY ΦΙΛΕΛΛHNOC, Nike standing to right, holding wreath; M-A across fields. Kovacs 67. 3.52gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
