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LOT 2410
Ancient Greek Coins - Attica - Athens - Plated Owl Tetradrachm Imitation 4th century B.C.
Obv: profile bust right. Rev: owl with letter right. Very fine; plated with banker cut to reverse.(15.27 grams.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired Surrey Auctions, 2022.
Property of a Kent gentleman.
A contemporary copy or fake silver plated coin produced by a local workshop imitating a silver official issue of an Athens Tetradrachm. Fakes manufactured during the ancient Greek timeline, although inexpensive at auction, present a fascinating area to research for those collecting on a budget. TimeLine Auctions normally has a small quantity of contemporary imitations on offer for those interested in this captivating area of numismatics.
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LOT 2410
Ancient Greek Coins - Attica - Athens - Plated Owl Tetradrachm Imitation
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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Ancient Greek Coins - Mysia - Kyzikos - Apollo AR Tetradrachm 3rd century B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
Obv: head of Kore Soteira left, wearing wreath of corn and with her hair in a veiled sphendone. Rev: KYZI with Apollo, naked but for chlamys draped from his waist, seated left on omphalos, holding patera in right hand and resting left arm on a large lyre at his side; unclear symbol in left field. 13.03 grams.
Very fine.
Ex UK private collection. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Parthia - Vardanes I - Seated Archer AR Drachm 40-45 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Obv: profile bust left. Rev: seated archer with stylised legends. 3.38 grams.
Extremely fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, dealer. -
Ancient Greek Coins - North Africa - Carthage - Libyan Revolt AE Shekel Circa 241-238 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
The Carthaginians in Sicily and North Africa, Sardinia. Obv: wreathed head of Tanit to left. Rev: plough to left, Punic Z in right field. 9.66 grams.
Good fine.
UK private collection, 1990s.
