Troas, Dardanos AR Hemiobol. 5th century BC. Head of cockerel to right / Quadripartite incuse square. SNG von Aulock -; Klein -; SNG Kayhan -; BMC -; Numismatik Naumann 40, lot 194. CNG E-Auction 385, 199. 0.26g, 7mm.
Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 54, 28 February 2019, lot 180.
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Troas, Dardanos AR Hemiobol. 4th-3rd centuries BC. Female head to left, hair bound in sakkos / Cockerel standing to right, crescent above; all in pelleted border within incuse square. SNG München -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; Klein -; Roma E-44, lot 176 (same dies); CNG E-230, lot 79. 0.29g, 7mm, 9h.
Very Fine; a little porous. Very Rare.
From a private UK collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 759
Troas, Gargara AR Hemiobol. Circa 475-450 BC. Female head to left, wearing helmet or close fitting cap; ΓAP downwards behind neck / Quadripartite incuse square. Asia Minor Coins online #14079; Roma E-79, lot 240; Roma XIX, lot 454; CNG 67, lot 650; Helios 8, lot 24; otherwise unpublished in the standard references. 0.62g, 9mm.
Very Fine. Extremely Rare; the first coinage to be issued by the polis of Gargara.
From a private European collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 760
Troas, Gargara Æ 8mm. 4th century BC. Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΓΑΡ, horse running to right, unclear symbol below. Cf. BMC 14; cf. SNG Copenhagen 326-331; cf. SNG von Aulock 1511. 0.60g, 8mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
From a private Norwegian collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 761
Troas, Gargara AR Hemiobol. Circa 400-350 BC. Laureate head of Apollo to left / ΓA[P], head of ram to right. SNG von Aulock 7597; Traité II 2285, pl. CLXIII, 12. 0.43g, 13mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
From a private Norwegian collection.
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Troas, Kebren Æ 10mm. Circa 420-412 BC. Confronted ram's heads; floral ornament between / KE monogram. BMC 16; SNG München 283; SNG Copenhagen 260. 0.90g, 10mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From a private Norwegian collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 763
Troas, Kebren Æ 9mm. Circa 412-399 BC. Head of satrap to left, wearing tiara / KE Monogram. BMC 18; SNG München 284-5; SNG Copenhagen 261; SNG von Aulock 1547. 0.68g, 9mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From a private Norwegian collection.
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Troas, Kolone Æ 10mm. Circa 400-300 BC. Helmeted head of Athena to left / KOΛΩNAEΩN between the rays of an eight-rayed star. SNG Copenhagen 281; Weber 5359; BMC 5-6. 1.49g, 10mm.
Very Fine. Scarce.
From a private UK collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 765
Troas, Lamponeia AR Hemiobol. Mid 5th century BC. Facing bukranion / Quadripartite incuse square. SNG Ashmolean -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG München -; Klein 316; SNG Tübingen 2648; Traité II 2292. 0.29g, 8mm.
Near Very Fine.
From a private Norwegian collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 766
Troas, Neandria Æ 10mm. Circa 400-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo to right / NEAN; corn grain, bunch of grapes to right. BMC 4; SNG Tübingen 2652; SNG Copenhagen 448-9. 1.52g, 10mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From a private Norwegian collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 767
Troas, Sigeion Æ 13mm. Circa 355-334 BC. Head of Athena facing slightly to right, wearing triple-crested helmet / ΣΙΓΕ, owl standing to right, head facing; crescent to left. SNG Copenhagen 496-8; SNG Ashmolean 1214-1216. 2.05g, 13mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private UK collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 768
Troas, Skepsis Æ 11mm. Circa 350-310 BC. Forepart of Pegasos to right / Σ-K flanking fir tree within linear frame. SNG Copenhagen 477 var. (pegasos left); Klein 322 var. (same). 1.29g, 11mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From a private Norwegian collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 769
Aiolis, Gryneion Æ 17mm. Circa 4th Century BC. Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly to left / ΓΥΡΝΗΩΝ, mussel shell. BMC 1; SNG München 438; SNG Copenhagen 202; SNG von Aulock 7689. 3.01g, 17mm, 5h.
Extremely Fine; a portrait of beautiful style. Rarely this well preserved.
From the property of an American collector;
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 55, 18 April 2019, lot 290 (sold for 700 GBP).
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Aiolis, Kyme Æ 21mm. Circa 250-200 BC. Pythas, magistrate. Diademed head of Amazon Kyme to right / Horse stepping to right, one-handled cup to lower right below raised foreleg; KYMAIΩΝ above, ΠΥΘΑΣ below. SNG von Aulock 1635; SNG Copenhagen 102. 9.56g, 21mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From a private UK collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 771
Islands off Aiolis, Nasos Pordosilene Æ 9mm. In the name of the Nasiotes. Circa 350-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo to right / Panther standing to left, head facing; NA[Σ] above. SNG Copenhagen 431; HGC 6, 1108. 0.57g, 9mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine. Very Rare.
From a private UK collection.
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Aiolis, Temnos Æ 12mm. Circa 3rd century BC. Bearded head of Dionysos to left, wreathed with ivy / Bunch of grapes; T-A across fields. SNG Copenhagen 246-248. 1.27g, 12mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From a private UK collection.
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Aiolis, Temnos AR Tetradrachm. Civic issue in the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Circa 188-170 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, monogram above oinochoe to left, monogram below throne. Price 1669 var. (monogram in left field). 16.69g, 36mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely Rare; seemingly the only recorded variant of a very rare type.
From a private Belgian collection;
Ex collection of a Munich doctor (formed from the 1960s to the late 1990s), Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 257, 15 October 2018, lot 316;
Ex Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 244, 6 March 2017, lot 183.
There are only four examples of the type Price 1669 in Pella, all of which have a monogram consisting of the letters A, N and T in the left field (the monogram in Price is incorrect). The monogram in the left field of this specimen clearly consists of the letters A, N and Y.
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Lesbos, Methymna AR Hemiobol. Circa 450-379 BC. Helmeted head of Athena to right / Kantharos; Μ-Α-Θ around. SNG Copenhagen 351. 0.42g, 8mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Very Rare.
From a private UK collection.
Roma Numismatics Ltd. - E-SALE 84 . 775
Lesbos, Mytilene EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater. Circa 521-478 BC. Head of roaring lion to right / Incuse head of calf to right; rectangular punch behind. Bodenstedt 13; SNG Copenhagen 301; SNG von Aulock 1685; HGC 6, 938. 2.58g, 10mm.
NGC graded AU 5/5 - 5/5 (#4241555-002).
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 36, 27 May 2017, lot 125.
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Lesbos, Mytilene EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater. Circa 377-326 BC. Head of Persephone to right, wearing barley-wreath / Bull charging to left, within linear square frame. Bodenstedt 88; SNG Lockett 2765; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen 321; HGC 6, 1014.
NGC graded Ch VF 5/5 - 3/5, brushed (#5716353-001)
Ex Gitbud & Naumann, Auction 27, 4 January 2015, lot 224.
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Lesbos, Mytilene AR Diobol. Circa 400-350 BC. Laureate head of Apollo to right / Female head right (Aphrodite?), with hair rolled; MY before, thunderbolt(?) behind. BMC 9; HGC 6, 1037. 1.42g, 11mm, 12h.
Very Fine; lightly toned.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 52, 10 January 2019, lot 280.