LOT 3362
Group of Six [6] AR Greek Coin Fractions. 5th-4th century BC.
Comprising: various rulers, denominations and reverse types. As shown.(5.97gr total, 6-12mm.).
ProvenanceAcquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3362
Group of Six [6] AR Greek Coin Fractions.
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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Asia Minor, Uncertain Mint AR Hemiobol. 4th century BC.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £30
Turreted head of female to right / Monogram; M below. CNG E-573, lot 279 var. (kerykeion, no M); CNG E-575, 174; otherwise, unpublished in the standard references. 0.29gr, 7mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
CNG note: 'Prior sales speculated this type may be of Pnytagoras of Salamis, but this was based on a vague similarity of the obverse type to some issues of that king, and an unlikely reading of the monogram as being formed of the letters ΠN.' -
Indo-Skythians, Maues AR Tetradrachm. Circa 95-57 BC. Taxila mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN MEΓAΛOY MAYOY, Zeus standing to left, holding long sceptre / 'Rajadirajasa mahatasa Moasa' in Kharosthi, Nike standing to left, holding wreath and palm over shoulder; monogram to right. Mitchiner 699a; HGC 12, 524. 9.49gr, 29mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Bend with hairline crack.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Berenike II AE Tritartemorion. Struck circa 244-241 BC. Uncertain mint on the north Syrian coast.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Diademed and draped bust of Berenike II to right / Illegible inscription, filleted cornucopia; club to left; [to right, eagle standing to left]. Svoronos 1048; Weiser -; SNG Copenhagen -; Noeske -. 7.66gr, 21mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. A rare denonination not often in auctions.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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