LOT 3800
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. Good Extremely Fine.(17.17gr, 23mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 96, 5 May 2022, lot 152.
Acquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3800
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm.
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£245 (EUR 284; USD 331) +BP*
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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos III AE Chalkous. Circa 213 BC. Sardes mint.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, elephant standing to left. HGC 9, 560; SC 981. 1.63gr, 12mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
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. -
Ionia, Klazomenai AE 11mm. 4th century BC. Uncertain magistrate.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Helmeted head of Athena to right / Ram standing to left. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 42 (Apollas magistrate). 1.32gr, 11mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
