Watch List notes:

THE ALFRED FRANKLIN COLLECTION OF ANCIENT COINS, GREEK GOLD, North Africa, Kyrenaika, Kyrene (c.322-313 BC), Gold Stater, Magistrate Polianthes, KYPANAION, Nike, holding a kentron and the reins, in a slow quadriga right, seen in three-quarter perspective, rev ΠOΛIANΘEYΣ, Zeus Ammon standing left, holding a philae and a lotus-tipped sceptre, thymiaterion on left, 8.63g, 11h (Naville 100, these dies; BMC 121a; SNG Copenhagen 1210). Light edge marks and traces of double-striking on the reverse, good very fine, rare.
Sold with a letter discussing this coin from Barclay Head of the British Museum to the then owner in 1894. Also included is a handwritten description of the coin taken from Head's Historia Numorum, written by the owner on headed paper from Bielby House, Demesne Road, Alexandra Park, Manchester.
ex Spink Auction 212, 28 March 2012, lot 145

Estimate: £5000-7000