LOT 3190
Asia Minor or Lydia, Uncertain Mint or King AR Hemiobol. Circa 5th century BC.
Head of roaring lion to right / 'buquru'(sic) in Lydian(?) around symbol; all within circular incuse. SNG Kayhan 746 var. (uncertain mint of Ionia or Karia; no inscription); Rosen 406 var. (same). Very Fine.(0.31gr, 7mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3190
Asia Minor or Lydia, Uncertain Mint or King AR Hemiobol.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
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North Africa, Carthage AE Unit. Circa 221-210 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Wreathed head of Tanit to left / Horse standing to right, head to left. MAA 88; SNG Copenhagen 307. 7.52gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. Includes old collector's ticket, noting '30/5/42'. -
Aeolis, Kyme AR Tetradrachm. Circa 155-143 BC. ΟΛΥΜΠΙΟΣ (Olympios), magistrate. Stephanophoric type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,235
Head of the Amazon Kyme to right, wearing taenia / ΚΥΜΑΙΩΝ, horse prancing to right; one-handled cup below, ΟΛΥΜΠΙΟC in exergue; all within laurel wreath. E-E&E-Ö, Phase II, 9, no. 18 (same obverse die); Oakley obv. die 51; BMC 80; SNG Copenhagen -. 16.61gr, 30mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Toned. Die break on obverse.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
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Mysia, Parion AR Hemidrachm. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Bull standing to left, head to right / Gorgoneion. Cf. SNG BN 1384-6. 1.65gr, 13mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
