LOT 3787
Group of Six [6] Lesbos, Mytilene Countermarked AE Coins. 3rd-1st century BC.
Various types. Near Very Fine.(23.81gr total.).
ProvenanceFrom the E.E. Clain-Stefanelli collection.
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LOT 3787
Group of Six [6] Lesbos, Mytilene Countermarked AE Coins.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Sasanian Kingdom, Husrav (Khosrau) II AR Drachm. AD 591-628.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
NH / WH (Nahr Tire?) mint; uncertain date. Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown with two wings and star set on crescent; star-in-crescent before; all within double border with star-in-crescents in margin / Fire altar with ribbons flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; all within triple border with star-in-crescents in margin. For mint's initials see Göbl, Tafel XVI, 51. 3.85gr, 32mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Rare mint.
Ex property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Seleucid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Seleukeia on the Tigris II mint. Struck circa 296/5-281 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / [ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ] ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ, Athena, brandishing spear, shield on left arm, in quadriga of elephants to right; above, AYPH monogram beneath shield, Θ to right of anchor. SC 130.43a; ESM 122; HGC 9, 18a. 16.90gr, 25mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine. Die break on obverse.
Private collection of a North London lady before 2000. Property of a London gentleman. -
Mysia, Parion AR Drachm. 5th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Facing gorgoneion with protruding tongue / Irregular pattern within quadripartite incuse square. SNG Paris 1351-2. 3.85gr, 14mm.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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