LOT 3205
Aeolis, Larissa Phrikonis AE 11mm. 4th century BC.
Laureate head of Apollo to right / [ΛΑΡΙΣΑΙΩΝ], bull standing to right. BMC -; SNG Ashmolean -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; Obolos 23, 437 (hammer: 374 GBP). Very Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished and the second known example.(1.10gr, 11mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3205
Aeolis, Larissa Phrikonis AE 11mm.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Lesbos, Antissa AE 9mm. Circa 250/40-167 BC.
Estimate: £100 - 120 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Bull standing to left, head reverted; star below / A-N; club. Joy 600b; HGC 6, 872. 1.03gr, 9mm, 2h.
Very Fine. Very rare mint.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Mysia, Lampsakos AR Diobol. Circa 510-490 BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Janiform female heads / Helmeted head of Athena to left within incuse square. Baldwin, Lampsakos, Group A, I, pl. V, 14-5; SNG Arikantürk 597; SNG BnF 1126. 1.21gr, 10mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 450-375 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (late). Lydo-Milesian standard.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb. 5.5gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
