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LOT 3973
Asia Minor, Uncertain Mint AR Obol. 4th century BC.
Gorgoneion facing / Forepart of horse to right, within incuse square. Cf. SNG BnF 108-11 (Kelenderis, Cilicia). Very Fine. Very rare.(0.66gr, 9mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3973
Asia Minor, Uncertain Mint AR Obol.
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£25 (EUR 29; USD 34) +BP*
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Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm. Struck as Strategos or king of Asia, in the name and types of Alexander III. Magnesia ad Maeandrum, circa 319-305 BC.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £63
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ to right, monograms in left field and below throne. Price 1967; Müller 790. 4.26gr, 17mm, 11h.
About Good Very Fine. Light cabinet tone.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 97, 26 May 2022, lot 178. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Macedon, Akanthos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 525-470 BC.
Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,500
Attic standard. Lion attacking to right, biting into the hindquarter of bull kneeling to left and biting the leg of the lion; Θ above, three ground lines below, the middle composed of pellets; stylised acanthus flower ιn exergue / Quadripartite incuse square. Desneux 59 (D57)(?); AMNG III/2, 5; HGC 3, 383. 17.19gr, 27mm.
Near Extremely Fine. Nicely toned with golden iridescence around the devices on obverse.
From collection of Dr G.W., Germany. Ex Gorny & Mosch, Auction 37, 13 May 1987. -
Illyria, Apollonia AE 19mm. Early-mid 1st century BC.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £35
Head of Dionysos to right; wreathed in ivy / [ΑΠΟΛΛΩ]-ΝΙΑΤΑΝ, filleted cornucopia; monogram to left. Mionnet II 58; HGC 3.1, 14. 6.94gr, 19mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
