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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Seleukid Empire, Alexander I Balas AE Serrate. 152-145 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Diademed head of Alexander I to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Athena standing to left, holding Nike in right hand, left hand resting on shield set on ground; in inner left field, KA monogram above ΠΟ monogram. SC 1793.3d; BMC 37; HGC 9, 900. 9.09gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Thrace, Ainos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 405-357 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Head of Hermes facing three-quarters to left, wearing petasos / Goat standing to right; AINION above, Corinthian helmet before. May 413 (A.249/P.292); HGC 3.2, 1278. 14.68gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Delamination on obverse.
From the Thrax Collection, formed in London between 1991 and 2018. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 58, 20 June 2019, lot 469. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 19mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £27
Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 112. 4.21gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
