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)
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Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III 'the Great' AR Diobol. 'Amphipolis' mint, circa 336-323 BC.
Estimate: £350 - 450 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £175
Young head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, two eagles standing facing one another on thunderbolt. Price 155; HGC 3.1, 906. 1.29gr, 11mm, 9h.
Extremely Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XXX, 21 March 2024, lot 149. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Mysia, Parion AE 11mm. 2nd-1st century BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Bunch of grapes on vine with two leaves / Π-A P-I, flaming torch. SNG BnF -; SNG von Aulock 1329. 1.86gr, 11mm, 4h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Axum, Anonymous AE Unit. Time of Ebana, circa AD 460-480.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
[CΛX ΛCΛ (interpretation uncertain - "King of the land of the Abyssinians" [much abbreviated]?)], crowned and draped bust to right, holding long cross; cross above / Inscription similar to TOYTO ΛPECH TH XѠPΛ ("may this please the country"), cross within circular border. Hahn & Keck 45; SACAM 283-320; H 36; AC 76. 0.61gr, 13mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.
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