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LOT 3199
Troas, Sigeion AE 10mm. Circa 355-334 BC.
Helmeted head of Athena to right / Σ- ΙΓ-Ε, crescent to left. BMC 21; SNG Copenhagen 499-500; SNG von Aulock 1572. Very Fine.(0.92gr, 10mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
ΔHMOC, draped bust of Demos to right / ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ, Marsyas advancing to right, playing double flute. SNG Copenhagen 200. 3.35gr, 18mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine. Rare.
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Phrygia, Toriaion AE 20mm. 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΣ (Demetrios), magistrate. Laureate head of Zeus to right / TOPIAIT, eagle standing to right on thunderbolt, with kerykeion over his left shoulder, ΔΗΜΗΤ[Ρ] below. Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département Monnaies, Médailles et Antiques, Fonds Général 284 corr. (misdescribed as Amorion, Phrygia). 7.76gr, 20mm, 1h.
Very Fine. The second known example of an exceedingly rare mint.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea. Herodians, Herod I AE Prutah. 40-4 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £60
HPW[...], anchor / Caduceus between crossed cornucopias. Meshorer 59; Hendin 1188; HGC 10, 661. 1.94gr, 15mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
