LOT 2719
Caria, Mylasa AR Tetartemorion. Circa 420-390 BC.
Milesian standard. Forepart of lion to right, head, with open jaws, turned back / Male head (Apollo?) facing slightly to left. SNG Kayhan 837-8. Good Very Fine. Toned. Rare.(0.29gr, 6mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Islands off Ionia, Samos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 453/2-440/39 BC.
Estimate: £15,000 - 20,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £6,750
Dated RY 3 (452/1 BC) (restoration era date). Facing lion scalp / Forepart of ox to right; ΣA above, olive branch to left, Γ (date) below; all within incuse square. Barron Class VII, 72a (A33/P72) (this coin); Slg. O'Hagan 591 (this coin); Coll. Berlin (Fox coll.); HGC 6, 1190. 12.96gr, 24mm, 9h.
Near Extremely Fine. Amazing old cabinet tone. Well centred and of fine style. Extremely rare date (no other examples on CoinArchives).
Ex Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, 23 March 1896, lot 592. Ex Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, 4 May 1908, lot 591. From Hyman Montagu (1844-1895) collection. From Henry Osborne O'Hagan, Esq. (1853-1930) collection. Ex Cahn, 1951. Ex Bourgey Emile, Collection de Monnaies Grecques Gauloise-romaines, Hôtel Drouot Sale, Paris, 13 June 1952, lot 127. Ex Münzen & Medaillen, Basel. From Rollin & Feuardent (William Talbot Ready), London. Acquired privately from Jean Vinchon, Paris. -
Ionia, Phokaia EL 1/6 of Stater or Hekte. Circa 521-478 BC.
Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £675
Head of Athena wearing Corinthian helmet to left; behind neck, seal swimming upwards / Quadripartite incuse square. BMFA 1906; Bodenstedt 32; SNG von Aulock -. 2.61gr, 9mm.
Extremely Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 25, 27 February 2016, lot 81 (since professionally cleaned). Ex Nomos AG, Auction 20, 10 July 2020, lot 217 (company's ticket included). -
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Group of Eight [8] AR Sigloi of Achaemenid Empire. 5th-4th century BC.
Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £139
Various types. 44.61gr total.
Condition as seen.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
