LOT 2612
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 353-294 BC.
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring, pearl necklace 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 with berry and crescent moon in upper left field. HGC 4, 1599. Very Fine.(16.42gr, 24mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Group of Eight [8] AE Ancient Coins. 3rd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Various rulers and cities. 29.51gr total.
Fine to Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Judaea, Herod I AE Prutah. 40-4 BCE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Small diadem / Tripod table within dotted circle. Hendin 6214; TJC 54; Sofaer 24. 1.22gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Cyclades, Naxos AE 16mm. Circa 400-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Bearded head of Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath / N-A Ξ-I, kantharos; above, grape bunch. Joy 545; Nicolet-Pierre, Naxos II pl. III, 1-9; HGC 6, 636. 3.74gr, 16mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
