LOT 3428
Group of Eight [8] AR Sigloi of Achaemenid Empire. 5th-4th century BC.
Various types. Condition as seen.(44.41gr total.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3428
Group of Eight [8] AR Sigloi of Achaemenid Empire.
Estimate £250 - 350€290 - 410 (for guidance only)$340 - 470 (for guidance only)
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Mysia, Lampsakos AR Tetartemorion. Circa 510-490 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Archaic style female(?) head to left, wearing tainia / Helmetted head of Athena to left within incuse square. Cf. SNG Arikantürk 3, 613. 0.15gr, 6mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Akarnania, Anaktorion AR Stater. Circa 350-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Pegasos flying to left; below, monogram of AN / Head of Athena to left, wearing Corinthian helmet; above visor, KΛE; below, monogram of AΓ; behind, monogram of AN and filleted bucranium. BCD Akarnania 86; Calciati 71; Imhoof-Blumer, Akarnaniens 92; HGC 4, 763. 8.16gr, 23mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Judaea, Caesarea Maritima AE 'Minim'. Circa 2nd-3rd century CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right / Lion standing to right, scales above. Not in the standard references. 1.52gr, 11mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Apparently unpublished and possibly unique.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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