LOT 3160
Troas, Gentinos AE 11mm. Circa 350-300 BC.
Female head to right, wearing mural crown; crescent(?) before / Г-Е, bee in linear square. SNG Copenhagen 336 (crescent not mentioned); SNG Ashmolean 1141 (same). Very Fine. Very rare mint.(1.41gr, 11mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Cilicia, Seleukeia ad Calycadnum AE 23mm. 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Helmetted and draped bust of Athena to right; ΣA behind / ΣΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΩΙ ΚΑΛΥΚΑΔΝΩΙ, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath; monograms of ΘΕΟΔΩ, EP and MHP to left. SNG Levante 683. 7.66gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Ionia, Ephesos AR Diobol. Circa 390-330 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Bee / Two stag's heads facing one another; ΕΦ above. SNG Kayhan 194-207; SNG Copenhagen 243. 0.95gr, 10mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Phoenicia. Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £15
Galley to left, containing two hoplites with helmets and round shields; hippocamp to left below / Lion attacking bull to left. Cf. HGC 10, 139. 0.75gr, 10mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
