LOT 3161
Troas, Gergis AR Tetrobol. Circa 5th century BC.
Sphinx seated to right / Athena wearing Corinthian helmet to left; within incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references, but cf. Asia Minor Coins online #11089 (Sphinx with forepaw raised). Near Very Fine. Very rare.(1.51gr, 12mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 58, 20 June 2019, lot 228.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AE Unit. Struck circa 323-319 BC. Miletos mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion's skin headdress / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟY, bow in bow-case above club; below, grain ear. Price 2102; SNG Copenhagen 1054; Müller 569; HGC 3.1, 950a. 5.58mm, 18mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Mysia, Adramyteion as Agathokleia AE 16mm. Circa 287-282 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £27
Diademed male head to right / ΑΓΑΘΟ, owl standing to right, head facing; uncertain countermark. CN Online 50369; Stancomb, Agathopolis: A mint on the Black Sea Coast, 2-3; Tekin, Agathocles and Adramyteum, 36. 3.68gr, 16mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Rarely counterarked issue of Adramyteion as Agathokleia.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
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Islands off Attica, Aegina AR Stater. Circa 525-475 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Sea turtle, head in profile, with thin collar and row of dots down its back / Incuse square with mill-sail pattern. Meadows, Aegina, Group IIa-b; Milbank pl. I, 11; Asyut Group IV; HGC 6, 429. 12,22gr, 20mm.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Emporium Hamburg, Alpha Auction 10, 8 January 2023, lot 73. Property of a London antiquarian.
