LOT 3196
Troas, Gargara AE 17mm. Circa 400-284 BC.
Laureate head of Apollo to right; c/m: bucranion(?) / ΓΑΡ, horse prancing to left. SNG Copenhagen 332; SNG von Aulock -; Obolos 38, 241 (hammer: 333 GBP). Near Very Fine. Extremely rare with horse prancing to left and one of the few examples from Gargara countermarked. Only one other example on CoinArchives.(4.03gr, 17mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Mysia, Pergamon AE 19mm. Circa 133-27 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Laureate head of Asklepios to right / [AΣK]ΛHΠ[IOΥ ΣΩ]THPOΣ, serpent coiled around omphalos to right. SNG BnF 1803-27; SNG von Aulock 1372. 6.52gr, 19mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From a UK collection formed in the early 2000s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Lydia, Klannudda AE 22mm. 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Laureate head of Zeus to right / KΛANNOYΔEΩN, eagle standing to right on thunderbolt, all within wreath. Prowe III, 1452; GRPC Lydia 5. 6.82gr, 22mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine. Rare city.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Aeolis, Larissa Phrikonis AE 11mm. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Laureate head of Apollo to right / [ΛΑΡΙΣΑΙΩΝ], bull standing to right. BMC -; SNG Ashmolean -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; Obolos 23, 437 (hammer: 374 GBP). 1.10gr, 11mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished and the second known example.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
