LOT 3802
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.(15.41gr, 24mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3802
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm.
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£167 (EUR 193; USD 225) +BP*
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Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AR Drachm. Circa 305-281 BC. 'Kolophon' mint. In the types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £111
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ below, ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ to right, forepart of lion to left above crescent in left field, pentagram below throne. Price L28; Thompson 127. 4.26gr, 18mm, 1h.
About Good Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 94, 24 February 2022, lot 276. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC.
Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £315
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three olive leaves above visor and spiral palmette on bowl, round earring with central boss, and pearl necklace / Owl standing to right with head facing, olive sprig and crescent behind, ΑΘΕ before; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31; HGC 4, 1597. 17.19gr, 25mm, 9h.
Good Extremely Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 96, 5 May 2022, lot 157. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Macedon. Chalkidian League, Olynthos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 383-379 BC.
Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Laureate head of Apollo to left, a few locks of his hair falling down the back of his neck / Χ-Α ΛΚΙΔ ΕΩΝ, lyre with seven strings and, above the cross bar, a small tripod. Cf. Robinson & Clement, Group M, 75 (A49/P68); SNG ANS 484, 14.19gr, 23mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine. Apollo's head of fine Classical style.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
