LOT 3865
Ionia, Kolophon AR Obol. Circa 530/25-500 BC. Persic standard.
Archaic head of Apollo to left / Incuse square punch. Kim & Kroll p. 73; SNG Kayhan 1308. Very Fine. Rare denomination.(0.87gr, 8mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3865
Ionia, Kolophon AR Obol.
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
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Lesbos, Unattributed Early Mint BI 1/36 Stater. Circa 500-450 BC.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Boar’s head to left / Incuse square. SNG Copenhagen -; SNG München -; HGC 6, -; seemingly unpublished. 0.32gr, 7mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
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Persia, Achaemenid Empire AR Tetartemorion. Time of Artaxerxes II to Darios III, circa 400-332 BC. Kolophon(?) mint.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding spear and bow / Head of young male to right; K behind neck. Cf. Sunrise 99 (without K); CNG E- Auction 235/229, 2010 (Cilicia uncertain). 0.20gr, 6mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
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Cilicia, Mallos AR Hemiobol. Circa 440-390 BC.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Forepart of Pegasus to left / Swan standing το right; monogram to right; all within incuse square. Goktürk -; SNG BnF -; SNG Levante - (but cf. 166 for rev.); Brindley 327. 0.16gr, 7mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
