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  • Islands off Ionia, Samos AR Tetradrachm.
    Barron Plate Coin
    Islands off Ionia, Samos AR Tetradrachm. Dated RY 3 (452/1 BC) (restoration era date).

    Estimate: £8,000 - 10,000 (‡+bp*)

    Opening Bid: £4,444

    Facing lion scalp / Forepart of ox to right; ΣA above, olive branch to left, Γ (date) below; all within incuse square. Barron Class VII, 72a (A33/P72) (this coin); Slg. O'Hagan 591 (this coin); Coll. Berlin (Fox coll.); HGC 6, 1190. 12.96gr, 24mm, 9h.

    Near Extremely Fine. Amazing old cabinet tone. Well centred and of fine style. Extremely rare date (no other examples on CoinArchives).

    Ex Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, 23 March 1896, lot 592. Ex Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, 4 May 1908, lot 591. From Hyman Montagu (1844-1895) collection. From Henry Osborne O'Hagan, Esq. (1853-1930) collection. Ex Cahn, 1951. Ex Bourgey Emile, Collection de Monnaies Grecques Gauloise-romaines, Hôtel Drouot Sale, Paris, 13 June 1952, lot 127. Ex Münzen & Medaillen, Basel. From Rollin & Feuardent (William Talbot Ready), London. Acquired privately from Jean Vinchon, Paris.

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  • Islands off Ionia, Samos AE 11mm.
    Rare
    Islands off Ionia, Samos AE 11mm. Circa 300-200 BC.

    Estimate: £15 - 20 (+bp*)

    Opening Bid: £5

    Head of Hera facing / Facing lion's head, invisible inscription below. Cf. BMC p. 366, 172. 0.89gr, 11mm, 12h.

    Near Very Fine. Rare.

    Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

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  • Caria, Antioch ad Maeandrum AE 12mm.
    Unpublished Type
    Caria, Antioch ad Maeandrum AE 12mm. Circa 168-100 BC.

    Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)

    Opening Bid: £5

    Laureate head of Zeus to right; c/m: kerykeion within triangular incuse / ANTIO[...], forepart of humped bull recumbent to left on Maeander pattern, bunch of grapes in right field. Not in the major references. 1.24gr, 12mm, 12h.

    Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.

    Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

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  • Karia, Kaunos AR Tritartemorion.
    Karia, Kaunos AR Tritartemorion. Circa 490-470 BC.

    Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)

    Opening Bid: £5

    Iris with curved wings and outstretched hands in a kneeling-running position to left, head reverted / Griffin standing to left, one front paw raised, in incuse square with dotted border. HNO 435; Konuk 60-61; SNG von Aulock 8041. 0.67gr, 8mm, 12h.

    Near Very Fine.

    Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

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  • Karia, Kidramos AE Assarion.
    Karia, Kidramos AE Assarion. Reign of Vespasian, AD 69-79. Pseudo-autonomous issue.

    Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)

    Opening Bid: £5

    ΠΑΜΦΙΛΟΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ (Pamphilos, son of Seleukos), magistrate. KIΔPAMHNΩN, radiate and draped bust of Helios to right / ΠAMΦIΛOC CЄΛЄYKOY, Hermes standing to left, holding purse and caduceus. RPC II 1260. 3.10gr, 18mm, 12h.

    Very Fine.

    Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

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  • Caria, Mylasa AR Tetartemorion.
    Caria, Mylasa AR Tetartemorion. Circa 420-390 BC.

    Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)

    Opening Bid: £5

    Forepart of lion to left, head to right / Bird standing to left; two pellets around; all within incuse square. HN Online 2046; SNG Kayhan 947-8. 0.14gr, 5mm, 6h.

    Near Very Fine.

    Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

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  • Caria, Uncertain mint D AR Tetartemorion.
    Caria, Uncertain mint 'D' AR Tetartemorion. Circa 450-400 BC.

    Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)

    Opening Bid: £25

    Foreparts of two confronted bulls, with horns intertwined / Forepart of bull to left within incuse square. Cf. HNO Online 73. 0.11gr, 8mm, 12h.

    Very Fine. Edge chipped.

    Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

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  • Caria, Uncertain mint D AR Tetartemorion.
    Tiny Numismatic Gem
    Caria, Uncertain mint 'D' AR Tetartemorion. Circa 450-400 BC.

    Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)

    Opening Bid: £30

    [Foreparts of two confronted bulls, with horns intertwined] / Forepart of bull to left within incuse square. Cf. HNO Online 73. 0.15gr, 7mm, 12h.

    Good Very Fine.

    Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

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  • Islands off Caria. Rhodes, Rhodos AE 12mm.
    Islands off Caria. Rhodes, Rhodos AE 12mm. Circa 188-84 BC.

    Estimate: £20 - 40 (+bp*)

    Opening Bid: £5

    Radiate head of Helios to right / [P-O], rose with bud to left and right, all within incuse square. SNG Keckman 702; SNG Copenhagen 860; BMC 327. 1.26gr, 12mm, 12h.

    Near Very Fine.

    Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

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  • Kingdom of Lydia, Kroisos AR 1/24 Stater.
    Kingdom of Lydia, Kroisos AR 1/24 Stater. Circa 561-546 BC. Sardes mint.

    Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)

    Opening Bid: £25

    Confronted foreparts of lion to right and bull to left / Incuse punch. GRPC Lydia S10; SNG Tübingen 3652-3. 0.29gr, 6mm, 2h.

    Near Very Fine.

    Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

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  • Lydia. Ifes, Lydian usurper(?) AR Hemiobol.
    Lydia. Ifes, Lydian usurper(?) AR Hemiobol. Circa 450/425-400 BC. Uncertain mint.

    Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)

    Opening Bid: £5

    Youthful male head to left / 'Ifelim' in Lydian above grain of wheat. M. Egetmeyer: Eine neue Münze mit lydischer Inschrift, in: Kadmos 51 (2012), Heft 1, 175-178, illustration 1-2 = Gemini VIII (2011), 98 (misattributed to Salamis on Cyprus). 0.36gr, 6mm, 2h.

    Near Very Fine.

    Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

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  • Lydia, Magnesia ad Sipylum AE 14mm.
    Lydia, Magnesia ad Sipylum AE 14mm. 2nd-1st century BC.

    Estimate: £25 - 35 (+bp*)

    Opening Bid: £5

    Male head (king or priest) to right, hair bound in broad tainia / ΜΑΓΝΗ ΣΙΠΥ[ΛΟ], tripod, monogram to upper left. GRPC Lydia 30; Vossen 5850. 3.04gr, 14mm, 11h.

    Near Very Fine.

    Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

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