LOT 3314
Indo-Greek Kingdom, Menander I Soter AR Drachm. Circa 166/155-130 BC. Taxila mint.
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ, diademed bust to right, with aegis on shoulder, holding spear / 'Maharajasa tratarasa Menamdrasa' in Kharosthi characters around Athena Alkidemos standing to left, hurling thunderbolt and holding aegis; in right field, monogram. Bopearachchi series 7, 26; Mitchiner 224e; SNG ANS 723. Very Fine.(1.88gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceLondon, UK, art market, 1980s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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LOT 3314
Indo-Greek Kingdom, Menander I Soter AR Drachm.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Islands off Thessaly, Skiathos AE 13mm. Circa 350-344 BC.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Male head to left, wearing taenia / ΣΚΙ-ΑΘΙ, kerykeion; herm to inner left. HGC 6, 414. 2.12gr, 13mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Lucania, Metapontion AE 13mm. Circa 300-250 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion's skin headdress / META, grain ear with leaf to right. HN III 1696; Johnston Bronze 60; HGC 1, 1124. 2.39gr, 13mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Phrygia, Sanaos AE 18mm. 2nd century BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΑΠΟΛ- (Apol-), magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΣΑΝΑΗΝΩΝ ΑΠΟΛ, tripod flanked by two laurel branches. Imhoof-Blumer, KM, p. 286, 1; Von Aulock, Phrygien I, 856-8. 3.76gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Edge chipped. Extremely rare mint.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
Sanaos was probably located on the northern coast of the salt Lake Anava, on the eastern road between Apamea and Laodicea.
