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LOT 3980
Group of Fifteen [15] Greek and Other Ancient AE Coins. 2nd century BC-4th century AD.
Various rulers and cities. Near Fine to Good Very Fine.(77gr total.).
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
From a private collection, Switzerland; thence by descent.
From a private collection, since the late 1990s.
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LOT 3980
Group of Fifteen [15] Greek and Other Ancient AE Coins.
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos II Theos AR Tetradrachm. 261-246 BC. Seleukeia on the Tigris mint.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £55
Diademed head of Antiochos I to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANT-IOXOY, Apollo Delphios, nude but for chlamys draped from his waist, wearing laurel wreath and seated on omphalos to left, testing arrow with his right hand and resting his left on a bow leaning against the omphalos behind him; monograms to outer left and right. SC 587.3. 16.49gr, 28mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, 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. -
Thrace, Chersonesos AR Hemidrachm. Circa 357-320 BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Forepart of lion to right, head to left / Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; bee in one sunken quarter, pellet and monogram in the other. CN Online Type 6347; HGC 3, 1437. 1.55gr, 12mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
