LOT 3313
Indo-Greek Kingdom, Menander I Soter AR Drachm. Circa 155-130 BC.
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, wearing crested helmet covered with pelt of scales and adorned with wing / Athena Alkidemos advancing to left; monogram to right. Bopearachchi 16E; SNG ANS 868; HGC 12, 193. Very Fine.(1.79gr, 16mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceLondon, UK, art market, 1980s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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LOT 3313
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 Ionia, Samos AE 12mm. Circa 400-200 BC.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΗΓΗΣΙΑΝΑΞ (Hegesianax), magistrate. Head of Hera to right, wearing stephane and necklace / ΣA above, HΓHΣIANAΞ beneath prow of Samian galley to right. BMC -; cf. Barron pp. 204, 211, and 217 for magistrate; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -. 1.59gr, 12mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare issue.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Sicily, Syracuse AE Tetras. Time of Timoleon and the Third Democracy, circa 344-332 BC.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £15
ΖΕΥΣ ΕΛΕΥΘ-ΟΣ, laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios to left; behind, in the field to right, star of eight rays / ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ. triskeles to left. Calciati 82; HGC 2, 1457; SNG ANS 544; SNG Morcom 720. 6.46gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Slightly tooled.
Ex John Moore, York, UK, in the late 1990s. Property of a Harrow, UK gentleman. -
Etruria, Peithesa AE Semuncia. 3rd century BC.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of Mercury to right / Owl standing three-quarters facing; [legend] to right. HN Italy 71; Sambon 128. 2.23gr, 15mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine. Very Rare.
Ex Mike Ballerini Collection. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
