LOT 2698
Bithynia, Kalchedon AR Stater. Circa 367-340 BC.
Rhodian standard. Bull standing to left on grain ear right; KAΛX above, BA monogram to left / Quadripartite incuse square with stippled surface. SNG von Aulock 486. Near Very Fine.(14.72gr, 21mm.).
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, London.
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LOT 2698
Bithynia, Kalchedon AR Stater.
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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Sasanian Kingdom, Husrav (Khosrau) II AR Drachm. AD 590-628.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
PR (Furat-i-Meshan) mint. Dated RY 31 (AD 621/2). Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown with two wings and star set on crescent; star-in-crescent before; all within double border with star-in-crescents in margin / Fire altar with ribbons flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames, date to left, mint to right; all within triple border with star-in-crescents in margin. Göbl II/3; cf. SNS 644-645. 3.96gr, 33mm, 9h.
Good Very Fine. Exceptionally rare mint of Furat-i-Meshan in Iraq.
Ex property of a UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Phoenicia, Sidon AE 22mm. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £31
Uncertain date. Jugate busts of Tyche, veiled and turreted, and Zeus to right; monogram to left / ΣΙΔΩΝΟΣ ΘΕΑΣ, Phoenician galley to left; [date] above. HGC 10, 283. 6.78gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Group of Three [3] Greek AE Coins. 4th-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Various types. 25.84gr total.
Condition as seen.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, collector. From his private collection since the 1970s; thence by descent circa 2000. Ex private collection of a Bedfordshire gentleman.
