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LOT 3895
Dynasts of Lykia, Uncertain Dynast AR Hemiobol. Circa 480-430 BC.
Forepart of boar to left / Head and neck of leashed hunting dog to right; within incuse square. SNG Keckman 349-351; SNG von Aulock -; Traité II, 184 var. (dog to left). Very Fine. Extremely rare.(0.30gr, 7mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3895
Dynasts of Lykia, Uncertain Dynast AR Hemiobol.
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£25 (EUR 29; USD 34) +BP*
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Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm. Struck as Strategos or king of Asia, in the name and types of Alexander III. Lampsakos, circa 310-301 BC.
Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £119
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; AΛEΞANΔPO[Y] to right, forepart of Pegasos to left in left field, monogram beneath throne. Price 1382; Müller 612; SNG Copenhagen 887; ADM II Series XVIII. 4.25gr, 18mm, 7h.
Extremely Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 97, 26 May 2022, lot 180. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Islands off Thrace. Thasos AR Hemiobol. Circa 411-340 BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of bald and bearded satyr to right / Θ-Α-Σ-I, two dolphins, one above the other, swimming left and right; all within shallow incuse. Le Rider, Thasiennes, 12; SNG Copenhagen 1033. 0.37gr, 8mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex TimeLine. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
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.
