LOT 3066
Ionia, Phokaia EL 1/6 of Stater or Hekte. Circa 625/0-522 BC.
Forepart of bull to right, head to left; small seal above / Incuse square punch. Bodenstedt 9 (unlisted dies); Boston MFA -; BMC -; SNG von Aulock 7946. Extremely Fine. Extremely rare, only seven examples noted by Bodenstedt.(2.58gr, 11mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction 6, Session 2, 29 September 2013, lot 623.
Private European collection.
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LOT 3066
Ionia, Phokaia EL 1/6 of Stater or Hekte.
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000€3,480 - 4,640 (for guidance only)$4,050 - 5,400 (for guidance only)
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Mysia, Kyzikos AR Hemiobol. Circa 450-400 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Forepart of boar to right with short mane; behind, tunny fish upwards / Head of roaring lion to left with bristling mane, and outstretched tongue; in upper left field, retrograde K; all within incuse square. SNG BnF 390. 0.26gr, 7mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kushan Rulers of Baktria, Wima Takto, Soter Megas CU Drachm Imitating Heliokles Type. AD 90-113.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Diademed and draped bust right / Corrupt inscription: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΗΛΙΟΚΛΟΥΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ, horse standing left with foreleg raised. SNG ANS 670-680; HGC 4, 177; MIG 507. 3.79gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Seleukid Empire, Alexander II Zabinas ΑΕ 21mm. Struck circa 125-122 BC. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Radiate and diademed head to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, double cornucopiae; A-Π flanking, club to lower left. SC 2237.1b; HGC 9, 1164. 8.79gr, 21mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
