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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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LOT 3315
India, Indo-Sasanian Gadhiya Paisa BI Drachm.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
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Islands off Caria. Rhodos, Rhodes AE 14mm. Circa 226-220 B.C.
Estimate: £100 - 150 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Diademed and veiled female bust (of Berenike II?) to right / [PO], prow of galley to right; above, rose. R. Ashton: Rhodian Bronze Coinage and the Earthquake of 229-229 BC, in: NC 1986, Group 1; BMC 228; SNG Kayhan 1706. 3.04gr, 14mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Very rare and of historical importance.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £35
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Near Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Cilicia, Uncertain Mint AR Obol. Circa 4th century BC.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £30
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Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
