LOT 4237
Group of Eight [8] Bukhara Mint, Mansur bin Nuh, Samanid AE Fals. AH 350-366.
Comprising: group of eight Fals Samanid coins from the Bukhara mint. As Shown.(15.88gr total, 20-23mm.).
ProvenanceLondon, UK, art market, 1980s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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LOT 4237
Group of Eight [8] Bukhara Mint, Mansur bin Nuh, Samanid AE Fals.
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £315
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Good Very Fine. Pleasant cabinet tone.
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Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Helmeted head of Athena to right; Λ-A below. Klein 274. 0.97gr, 10mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
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Kyrenaika, Kyrene AR Obol. Circa 510-490 BC. Attic standard.
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Opening Bid: £5
Silphion fruit; above and below(?), pellet / Quadripartite incuse square. BMC -, cf. 9 (hemiobol); Boston MFA -; Buttrey 49; SNG Copenhagen -. 0.79gr, 8mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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