LOT 3799
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC.
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. Extremely Fine.(17.18gr, 25mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 94, 24 February 2022, lot 88.
Acquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3799
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm.
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£210 (EUR 244; USD 284) +BP*
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Aeolis, Boione AE 10mm. After 310 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Female head to left, wearing sphendone / ΒΟΙΟΝΙ-ΤΗΣ, bull standing to right. Nollé, Boione Abb. 2 a; SNG Arikantürk 161ff.; SNG Copenhagen 28. 1.08gr, 10mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
The reverse legend ΒΟΙΩΝΙΤΗΣ, according to J. Nollé, refers to the bull which is interpreted as the river god Boionetes, the river of Boione. -
The Thracian Chersonese, Madytos AE Dichalkon. Circa 2nd century BC.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of Hekuba to left / M-A Δ Y, chelys, bunch of grapes to left. HGC 3.2, 1509. 2.91gr, 16mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
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Phoenicia, Tyre AR Half Shekel. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Melkart to right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing to left on prow, palm frond in background. Cf. HGC 10, 358. 5.88gr, 19mm, 2h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
