Ionia, Phokaia EL Hekte. Circa 478-387 BC. Forepart of bull to left; above, small seal to right / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt 58; SNG von Aulock 7949; SNG Lockett 2543 = Pozzi 2504. 2.52g, 10mm.
Very Fine. Very Rare.
From the inventory of a UK dealer.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 737
Ionia, Phygela Æ 8mm. Circa 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Artemis Munychia facing slightly to left / Bull butting right, ΦYΓ above. BMC 4-8; SNG Kayhan 543-53. 0.60g, 8mm, 3h.
Near Extremely Fine. A charming facing portrait.
From a private Norwegian collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 738
Ionia, Samos Æ 9mm. Circa 394-365 BC. Prow of galley to right / Amphora, Σ-A across; all within wreath. SNG Tübingen 3277. 0.56g, 9mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Rare.
From a private Norwegian collection;
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 53, 7 February 2019, lot 315.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 739
Ionia, Teos AR Tetartemorion. Circa 540-500 BC. Head of griffin to left / Quadripartite incuse square with central pellet. Roma E-79, lot 234; SNG Kayhan 1495 = CNG MBS 63, lot 506; CNG E-320, lot 152; Spink 20120, lot 52 (misattributed). 0.21g, 6mm.
Very Fine. Extremely Rare.
From a private European collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 740
Ionia, Teos AR Trihemiobol. Circa 475-450 BC. Griffin seated to right, left forepaw raised; astragalos (knucklebone) in right field / Quadripartite incuse square. Balcer -; Matzke 98; SNG von Aulock 2259. 1.32g, 10mm.
Very Fine.
From a private European collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 741
Phrygia, Apameia Æ 25mm. Kokos, magistrate. Circa 100-50 BC. Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / Eagle, with stars above and flanking, alighting on base of maeander pattern flanked by Caps of the Dioscuri; AΠAMEΩN above, KΩKOY below. SNG Copenhagen 161-2; BMC 78-82. 10.27g, 25mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine; cleaning marks in fields, edge turned to create a concave effect, border engraved on obv.
From the inventory of a UK dealer.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 742
Phrygia, Apameia AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. Apollonios, magistrate. Circa 88-67 BC. Serpent emerging from cista mystica; all within ivy-wreath / Two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase; AΠOΛΛΩ-NIOY in two lines above, [A]ΠA to left, two flutes to right. Kleiner, Late Issue XVI; SNG Copenhagen 150. 11.76g, 27mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From a private UK collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 743
Phrygia, Apameia AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. Circa 88-67 BC. Attalos, magistrate. Serpent emerging from cista mystica; all within ivy wreath / Two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase; AΠA to left, ATTAΛOY above in two lines, aulos (double flute) to right. Kleiner, Late 1; Pinder 7; SNG von Aulock 3457. 12.52g, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 744
Phrygia, Apameia AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. Circa 88-67 BC. Diodoros, magistrate. Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy-wreath / Two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase; ΔIOΔΩPOY in two lines above, AΠA to left, two flutes to right. SNG Copenhagen 152; BMC 14; HGC 7, 659. 12.16g, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 745
Phrygia, Apameia AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. Circa 88-67 BC. Kelai.., magistrate. Serpent emerging from cista mystica; all within ivy wreath / Two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase; [A]ΠA to left, KEΛAI above, aulos (double flute) to right. Kleiner, Late 8; Pinder 11; SNG von Aulock 3459. 12.53g, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Rare.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 746
Phrygia, Sebaste Æ 20mm. Pseudo-autonomous issue, early to mid-3rd century AD. Draped bust of Mên to right wearing Phrygian cap, crescent behind shoulders / CЄBACTHNΩN, Hygieia standing facing, head to left, feeding serpent held in arms from phiale. BMC 8, pl. XLIII, 5 (same dies). 4.12g, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Rare.
From the inventory of a UK dealer.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 747
Phrygia, Laodikeia AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. Aphobetos, son of Philip, magistrate. Circa 133/88-67 BC. Serpent emerging from cista mystica; the whole within wreath / Two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase; AΦOBHTOΣ ΦIΛIΠΠOY in two lines above, ΛΑΟ to left, winged kerykeion to right. SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 5. 12.26g, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 748
Phrygia, Laodikeia AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. Circa 133/88-67 BC. Hippochaites, son of Deinomachos, magistrate. Serpent emerging from cista mystica; the whole within wreath / Two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase; ΙΠΠΟΧΑΙΤΗΣ ΔΕΙΝΟΜΑΧΟΥ in three lines above, ΛΑΟ to left, winged kerykeion to right. BMC 7; SNG Copenhagen -. 11.92g, 27mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Very rare with this magistrate.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 749
Phrygia, Laodikeia AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. Circa 133/88-67 BC. Timesileos, magistrate. Serpent emerging from cista mystica; the whole within ivy wreath / Two serpents entwined around bow and quiver; ΤΙΜΗΣΙΛΕΟΥ in two lines above, ΛAO to left, winged kerykeion to right. C. Marinescu, 'A First-Century BC Hoard of Late Cistophori' in NC 155 (1995), p. 327, 126-132; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; BMC -. 12.66g, 28mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Rare.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 750
Troas, Abydos AR Diobol. Late 6th-early 5th centuries BC. Eagle standing to left / Quadripartite incuse square. SNG Ashmolean 953; SNG Copenhagen 1-2. 1.24g, 10mm.
Very Fine.
From a private European collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 751
Troas, Birytis Æ 19mm. Circa 350-300 BC. Head of Kabeiros to left, wearing pileos; two stars above / Upright club, B-I P-Y across fields, all within wreath. BMC 1-2; SNG Copenhagen 247-8. 4.38g, 19mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
From a private Norwegian collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 752
Troas, Birytis Æ 12mm. Circa 350-300 BC. Head of Kabeiros to left, wearing pileos, stars above / Upright club, B-I P-Y across fields, all within wreath. BMC 4; SNG Copenhagen 249. 1.24g, 12mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From a private Norwegian collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 753
Troas, Birytis Æ 10mm. Circa 350-300 BC. Head of Kabeiros to left, wearing pileos / B-I-P-Y, triskeles. BMC 8-9; SNG Copenhagen 252-3. 0.95g, 10mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From a private Norwegian collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 754
Troas, Birytis Æ 11mm. Circa 350-300 BC. Head of Kabeiros to left, wearing pileos / Upright club, B-I P-Y across fields, all within wreath. SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; Klein 302. 1.32g, 11mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 52, 10 January 2019, lot 245.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 755
Troas, Birytis Æ 11mm. Circa 350-300 BC. Head of Kabeiros to left, wearing pileos, stars above / Upright club, B-I P-Y across fields, all within wreath. BMC 4; SNG Copenhagen 249. 1.28g, 11mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 54, 28 February 2019, lot 179.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 756
Troas, Dardanos(?) AR Obol. Late 6th-early 5th centuries BC. Cockerel standing to right / Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. BMC Troas p. XLII; cf. CNG E-385, lot 198 for type; otherwise unpublished in the standard references. 0.55g, 9mm.
Near Very Fine; cleaned, some flan cracks. Very Rare.