LOT 3163
Troas, Larissa-Ptolemais AE 21mm. 4th century BC.
Bearded male head to right / ΛΑΡΙΣΑΙ, amphora; grain ear to right. BMC 1 (Larissa Phrikonis in Aeolis); Robert L., Études de numismatique grecque, pl. 4, 6-7. Very Fine. Very rare.(8.67gr, 21mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceEx Münzzentrum Rheinland.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Seleukid Empire, Demetrios II Nikator AE 23mm. Circa 146/5 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Laureate head of Zeus to right / Apollo seated to left on omphalos, testing arrow and resting hand on bow; [ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ] ΔΗΜΗΤ[ΡΙΟΥ] in two lines to right, ΘΕΟΥ ΦΙΛΑΔΕ[ΛΦΟΥ] ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡ[ΟΣ] in three lines to left, [monograms] in exergue. HGC 9, 992. 11.94gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Cilicia, Tarsos AE 23mm. Circa 164-27 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Turretted head of Tyche to right; c/m: bow in bow case within incuse rectangle / TAPΣEΩN, Zeus seated to left and holding sceptre; two(?) monograms to right. Cf. SNG BnF 1289; cf. SNG Levante 918-923. 9.37gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Illyria, Dyrrhachion AR Drachm. Circa 80/70-60/55 BC. ΜΕΝΙΣΚΟΣ and ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΣ (Meniskos and Dionysios), magistrates.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
ΜΕΝΙΣΚΟΣ, cow standing to right, head turned to nudge suckling calf standing to left below; bird above / [ΔΥΡ] ΔΙΟ-ΝΥ-[ΣIOY], double stellate pattern within double linear quadrangle. BMC 62; Meta V/86; Maier 201. 3.15gr, 17mm.
Very Fine.
Ex London, UK, collection, 2000s.
