LOT 3218
Ionia, Lebedos AE 12mm. Circa 4th-3rd centuries BC.
[ΛEBEΔIΩ], prow to left / Cow standing to left, head turned to right towards calf suckling to right below; above, spearhead to right. Imhoof-Blumer, Antike griechische Münzen, in: SNG XIX (1913), p. 38, 108 corr. (legend); Lindgren III 1644 corr. (misdescribed as Leukas) = Münzen & Medaillen GmbH 21 (2007), 790 corr. (as 'incert'). Near Very Fine. Extremely rare smalll denomination of Lebedos.(1.29gr, 12mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3218
Ionia, Lebedos AE 12mm.
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Kings of Cappadocia, Ariaramnes AE 17mm. Circa 280-230 BC. Uncertain Cappadocian mint.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head to right, wearing bashlyk / Horse trotting to right; APIAPAMNOY and エ above; monogram behind. Simonetta -; Simonetta, Coins -; SNG Copenhagen -; Ganschow -; SNG von Aulock -; BMC-; HGC 7, -. 2.74gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Exceedingly Rare; unpublished and apparently unique variant.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Cyclades, Delos AE Chalkous. Circa 280-166 BC.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
Laureate head of Apollo to left / Δ-H, lyre. SNG Copenhagen 670; BMC 7; HGC 6, 500. 0.75gr, 10mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AR Drachm. Struck circa 301/0-300/299 BC. Abydos mint. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left; in left field, forepart of lion left above monogram; below throne, head right, wearing Phrygian cap. Thompson 65 var. (monogram); Müller -; Price 1582 var. (same); HGC 3, 1751c; SNG Saroglos 726. 4.38gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
