LOT 3030
Attica, Athens AR Drachm. Circa 454-404 BC. Contemporary imitation.
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig in upper left field, all within incuse square. For prototype, cf. Kroll 10 and HGC 4, 1631; for another similar example cf. CNG, e-374, 229. Near Very Fine. Test cut.(2.93gr, 14mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3030
Attica, Athens AR Drachm.
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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Uncertain Greek AE 27mm. After circa 2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Female veiled head to right / Big circular countermark containing tripod, TE(?) to right, bird to left. 13.92gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Attica, Athens AE 15mm. c.307-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Head of Athena in Corinthian helmet right / ΑΘ/Η, owl standing left within olive wreath. Kroll 50; HGC 4, 1719. 3.43gr, 15mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Hindu Shahis Kings of Kabul, Samanta Deva AR Jital. c. AD 850-1000.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Traces of Greek legend around horseman with spear riding right / Brahmi legend around humped bull seated left. ACW 1575-1588. 3.25gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
