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LOT 3845
Troas, Zeleia AE 11mm. 4th century BC.
Head of Artemis to right, wearing stephane / Monogram within wreath. SNG Arikantürk 799-800. Very Fine.(1.29gr, 11mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3845
Troas, Zeleia AE 11mm.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Lucania, Metapontion AR Didrachm or Nomos. Circa 330-290 BC. Struck under the magistrates EY- (Eu-) and ΛY- (Ly-).
Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £800
Head of Demeter to right, wearing grain wreath, pendant earring and pearl necklace; ΕΥ beneath chin / ΜΕΤΑ, ear of barley with leaf to right; above leaf, sixteen-rayed star; in the lower field to left, ΛΥ. ANS 499 (same dies); Johnston C.8.12 (same dies). 7.77gr, 21mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine. Attractive toning with iridescence in fields. Well-centred.
Property of a late collector. Ex Vinchon, 11 April 1988, 185. Ex Münzen und Medaillen FPL 342, February 1973, 6. -
Kingdom of Pergamon, Eumenes II AE 10mm. Circa 197-159 BC. In the name of Philetairos.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ, bee; [ΔΙ below]. BMC 65; SNG Copenhagen 353; Imhoof-Blumer F., Die Münzen Der Dynastie Von Pergamon 62, pl. III, 7. 1.11gr, 10mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
The attribution of this small bronze to Eumenes II is based mainly on Imhoof-Blumer's thesis that the majority of the bronzes bearing the name of Philetairos depict the controls of the contemporaneous tetradrachms. -
Lesbos, Mytilene AR Tetradrachm. Circa 188-170 BC. Late posthumous issue in the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; ΔO monogram above lyre in left field, Δ in exergue. Price 1729. 16.16gr, 37mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Toned.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
