LOT 3924
Cilicia, Kelenderis AR Stater. Circa 430-420 BC.
Nude youth, holding whip, dismounting from horse rearing to left; Π beneath horse's belly / Goat kneeling to left, head right; KEΛE and branch with ivy leaf and berries above. Casabonne Type 2; Celenderis 8; SNG BnF 52; SNG Levante -; SNG von Aulock 5620. Very Fine, Test cut. Attractive old cabinet tone.(10.76gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the Michael Higley Collection.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 76, 5 November 2020, lot 377.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
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LOT 3924
Cilicia, Kelenderis AR Stater.
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Phrygia, Toriaion AE 20mm. 2nd-1st century BC. ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΣ (Demetrios), magistrate.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Zeus to right / [TOPIAIT], eagle standing to right on thunderbolt, with kerykeion over his left shoulder, ΔΗΜΗΤΡ below. Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département Monnaies, Médailles et Antiques, Fonds Général 284 corr. (misdescribed as Amorion, Phrygia). 7.38gr, 20mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. The third known example of an exceedingly rare mint.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AE 19mm. 359-336 BC. Uncertain mint.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Diademed head of Apollo to right / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, rider to right; below horse, monogram. Cf. SNG Alpha Bank 395-7. 6.33gr, 19mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Islands off Ionia, Samos AR Tetradrachm. Dated RY 3 (452/1 BC) (restoration era date).
Estimate: £8,000 - 10,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £4,444
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.
