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LOT 2600
Ancient Greek Coins - Thrace - Olbia - AE Dolphin Proto Money Group [15] 6th century B.C.
Group comprising: cast 'coins' or currency pieces in the form of a bifacial dolphin. Fine.(16.86 grams total, 16-27 mm.). [15, No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a European gentleman.
LiteratureSear 1684.
FootnotesThis unique type of coinage was cast in Olbia, in the Black Sea area of Thrace from the 5th to 3rd century BC; there are many varieties; the casting method employed was adopted by the Gallic Celts who originally came from this area; the dolphins were generally cast in a "tree" form connected by the tail, although some examples seem to have been cast individually.
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LOT 2600
Ancient Greek Coins - Thrace - Olbia - AE Dolphin Proto Money Group [15]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
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Ancient Greek Coins - Indo-Bactrian and Other Mixed Coin Group [25] 2nd century B.C.-18th century A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Mixed group comprising: various rulers, issues and reverse types. 138 grams total, 10-25 mm.
Fair-very fine.
From a 1980s UK collection. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Lucania - Poseidonia Paestum - Poseidon AE15 c.420-390 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Lucania, Poseidonia-Paestum. Obv: Poseidon walking right, wearing chlamys, striking with trident, left arm extended. Rev: bull butting right, head facing. 2.39 grams, 15 mm.
Fair.
Received by gift from Professor Alan Thompson. Wicklow, Ireland, sold at auction between 1935-1939. From the collection of the late Dr JDH Widdness, Dublin, Ireland. Accompanied by a handwritten slip with notes on the coin and a card with initialled provenance. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Seleukid - Antiochos III Megas - Apollo AR Tetradrachm 213-208 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Antioch ad Orontem mint. Obv: diademed head right. Rev: BASILEWS ANTIOXOY, Apollo seated left on omphalos, testing arrow and resting left hand on grounded bow, inverted Omega over Rho in outer left field. 15.68 grams, 30 mm.
Good very fine.
Ex Hosker Haynes, Leeds, UK. Property of a private Norwich, UK, collector. Accompanied by a copy of the Hosker Haynes invoice.
