LOT 3868
Ionia, Leukai AE 16mm. Circa 350-300 BC.
Laureate head of Apollo to left / ΛEΟ[...], swan standing to left with wings spread, head to right. Cf. Traité II, 2046. Near Very Fine.(2.87gr, 16mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3868
Ionia, Leukai AE 16mm.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Tetradrachm. 323-317 BC. Tarsos mint. Struck under Philotas or Philoxenos. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, legs spread, his feet resting on low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; in left field, Nike flying to right, holding wreath, above kerykeion; beneath throne, monogram of ΕΠ above Θ. Price 3048; Newell, Tarsos 54. 17.12gr, 26mm, 10h.
Good Extremely Fine. A well-struck coin with attractive golden toning.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Thessaly, Larissa AR Obol. Circa 380-365 BC.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly to left, wearing ampyx and necklace / Horseman riding to right. SNG Copenhagen 134. 0.93gr, 11mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
Kingdom of Axum, Ebana AV Unit. Circa AD 460-480.
Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
⧾ CΛX ⧾ ΛCΛ ⧾ CΛC ⧾ CIN (interpretation uncertain - "King of the land of the Abyssinians" [much abbreviated]?), crowned bust to right, holding stick, grain ears flanking; within circular border / ⧾ CΛC ⧾ ΛCΛ ⧾ BCC ⧾ ΛNΛ ("King Ebana"), draped bust to right, wearing headcloth, holding fly-whisk, grain ears flanking; within circular border. Hahn & Keck 43; SACAM 255-76; H 34; AC 71-3; Vaccaro 38 (Esbael). 1.59gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics, e-sale 96, 5 May 2022, no.459. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
