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LOT 3315
India, Indo-Sasanian Gadhiya Paisa BI Drachm. Circa AD 950-1050.
Indo-Sasanian style bust to right; pellets and ornaments around / Stylised fire altar; pellets around. Mitchiner, Non-Islamic 422-4. Very Fine.(4.03gr, 14mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx UK gallery, early 2000s.
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Bithynia, Kalchedon AR Trihemiobol or Obol. Early 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
KA above bull standing to left on ear of corn / Incuse square of mill-sail pattern. BMC 12; Traité II-2, 2881. 0.93gr, 11mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
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Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Drachm. Late 5th-4th centuries BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Upright anchor; crayfish to left, A to right / Facing head of Medusa with tongue protruding and snakes as hair. Topalov, Apollonia p. 337, 7; HGC 3.2, 1323. 3.04gr, 13mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Austran art market. Property of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Bithynia, Tium AE 10mm. Circa 350-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate head of Zeus to left / TIANOΣ, eagle standing to left with closed wings. SNG Tübingen 2151. 0.86gr, 10mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
Tium is known as the birthplace of Philetaeros, the founder of the royal dynasty of Pergamon.
