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LOT 3200
Troas, Skepsis AE 12mm. Circa 400-300 BC.
Bearded head of Priapos to right, wearing ivy-wreath / Σ-ΚH, filleted thyrsos; in field to right, eight-rayed star. BMC 24 var. (bunch of grapes); SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; cf. Imhoof-Blumer, Monnaies Grecques (1883), p. 266, 196 (symbol not visible); Obolos 39, 302. Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare; unpublished variant of a very rare type.(1.19gr, 12mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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North Africa, Carthage AE Trishekel. 3rd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Wreathed head of Tanit to left / Horse walking to right; pellet below. CNP 63; MAA 105; SNG Copenhagen (Africa) 409-411 var. (pellet). 17.64, 28mm, 12h.
Good Fine. Rare.
Ex Amilcare Collection, Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 70, 7 May 2020, lot 341. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Berenike II AE Tritartemorion. Struck circa 244-241 BC. Uncertain mint on the north Syrian coast.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Diademed and draped bust of Berenike II to right / Illegible inscription, filleted cornucopia; club to left; [to right, eagle standing to left]. Svoronos 1048; Weiser -; SNG Copenhagen -; Noeske -. 7.66gr, 21mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. A rare denonination not often in auctions.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Cyclades, Paros AE Dichalkon. Late 3rd-mid 2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Wreathed head of Demeter to right / ΠAPI, goat standing to right; in right field, grain ear(?). Cf. HGC 6, 670. 4.09gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare, apparently unpublished with this control.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
