LOT 3029
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC. Contemporary imitation(?)
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, all within incuse square. Cf. HGC 4, 1597. Good Fine.(15.44gr, 24mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3029
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm.
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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Mysia, Kyzikos AR Hemiobol. Circa 450-400 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Forepart of boar to right with short mane; behind, tunny fish upwards / Head of roaring lion to left with bristling mane, and outstretched tongue; in upper left field, retrograde K; all within incuse square. SNG BnF 390. 0.26gr, 7mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Sicily, Syracuse. Hieron II AE. c.275-215 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Diademed head of Hieron II to left / [Ι]ΕΡΩΝΟΣ Helmeted cavalryman riding horse prancing to right, holding couched lance with his right hand, below forelegs. CNS II, 195 Rl 22. HGC 2, 1548. SNG ANS 938. 17.63gr, 26mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Eastern Sogdiana, AR Hemidrachm. 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Diademed Seleukid head right / Head and neck of horse right, uncertain legend around. MIG, The Dahae of the East Caspian Lowlands 666. 2.59gr, 16mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
