LOT 3082
Etruria, Peithesa AE Semuncia. 3rd century BC.
Head of Mercury to right / Owl standing three-quarters facing; [legend] to right. HN Italy 71; Sambon 128. Near Very Fine. Very Rare.(2.23gr, 15mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceEx Mike Ballerini Collection.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3082
Etruria, Peithesa AE Semuncia.
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AR Drachm. Struck circa 301/0-300/299 BC. Abydos mint. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left; in left field, forepart of lion left above monogram; below throne, head right, wearing Phrygian cap. Thompson 65 var. (monogram); Müller -; Price 1582 var. (same); HGC 3, 1751c; SNG Saroglos 726. 4.38gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Macedon, District of Bottiaia. Coinage in the name of the Botteatans AE 24mm. Circa 168-148 BC. Pella mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Head of Athena Parthenos to right, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet / BOTTE-ATΩN, ox grazing to right. Cf. AMNG III.1 131. 10.41gr, 24mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Macedon, Terone Fourrée Tetrobol. Circa 490-460 BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Oinochoe to left, with bunch of grapes hanged on its body / Quadripartite incuse square. For prototype cf. SNG ANS 746; HGC 3.1, 709. 1.98gr, 15mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.
