LOT 2957
Greek Coins - Indo-Greek - Kanishka - AE Tetradrachm 127-151 A.D.
Obv: PAO KANHPKI legend with Kanishka standing left, holding trident in left hand and sacrificing over altar to left. Rev: AQPO with Athsho (Hephaistos), bearded, standing left, wearing diadem and cloak with flames emanating from his shoulders, holding filleted diadem in right hand and tongs in left; tamgha in left field. Very fine.(16.46 grams.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx David Harthill collection, UK.
LiteratureANS Kushan 459-462; Donum Burns 183; MK 772; Whitehead 92-96.
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Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonia - Alexander III (the Great) - Countermarked AR Tetradrachm 202-201 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Aspendos, Pamphylia mint, dated year 27. Obv: head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress, countermark of Seleukid anchor. Rev: ALEXANDROY legend with Zeus seated left, right leg drawn back, holding eagle and sceptre; AS over K-cornucopiae-archaic X in left field. 16.37 grams.
Good fine.
Ex UK private collection. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Attica - Athens - Plated Owl Tetradrachm Imitation 4th century B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Obv: profile bust right. Rev: owl with letter right. 15.27 grams.
Very fine; plated with banker cut to reverse.
Acquired Surrey Auctions, 2022. Property of a Kent gentleman.
A contemporary copy or fake silver plated coin produced by a local workshop imitating a silver official issue of an Athens Tetradrachm. Fakes manufactured during the ancient Greek timeline, although inexpensive at auction, present a fascinating area to research for those collecting on a budget. TimeLine Auctions normally has a small quantity of contemporary imitations on offer for those interested in this captivating area of numismatics. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Bruttium - Caulonia - Stag AR Stater 420-410 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Obv: Apollo walking right, holding branch, dolphin upwards to left and dolphin downwards to right; Φ between legs Rev: KAYLW-NIATAS (partially upside down and S retrograde) with stag standing right; A in centre field. 7.65 grams.
Near very fine.
Acquired ArtCoins Roma auction, with lot ticket. Property of an Essex collector.
