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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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. -
South Arabia. Himyar, 'Amdan Bayan Yahaqbid AR Unit. Circa AD 100-120. Raydan mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Head to right within circular torque / Small head to right; yanaf-monogram to left, 'sceptre' to right. CAF 3.2ai; Huth 429. 1.16gr, 14mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Thrace, Chersonesos AR Hemidrachm. Circa 386-338 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Forepart of lion to right, head reverted to left / Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; AΓ monogram and grain ear in opposite sunken quarters. McClean 4089; HGC 3.2, 1437. 2.12gr, 14mm.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
