![Group of Eight [8] AE Ancient Coins.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/224337b.jpg "Group of Eight [8] AE Ancient Coins.")
![Group of Eight [8] AE Ancient Coins.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/224337.jpg "Group of Eight [8] AE Ancient Coins.")
LOT 2735
Group of Eight [8] AE Ancient Coins. 3rd-1st century BC.
Various rulers and cities. Fine to Very Fine.(39.30gr total.). [8]
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Phoenicia, Arados AR Third Shekel. Uncertain king, circa 370-346 BC.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £35
Contemporary imitation. Laureate head of Ba'al-Arwad to right / Galley to right above waves; Aramaic letter above. For prototype: cf. E&E-A Group III; cf. HGC 10, 40-1. 3.19gr, 14mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Lightly toned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 560, 17 April 2024, lot 237. -
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £676
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring, pearl necklace and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig with berry and crescent moon in upper left field, all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31; HGC 4, 1597. 17.16gr, 26mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine. Nice light old cabinet tone.
Property of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
![Group of Eight [8] AR Sigloi of Achaemenid Empire.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/223547-s.jpg)
Group of Eight [8] AR Sigloi of Achaemenid Empire. 5th-4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Various types. 44.04gr total.
Fine to Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
