LOT 3871
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 3871
Ionia, Phokaia EL 1/6 of Stater or Hekte.
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500€2,900 - 4,060 (for guidance only)$3,380 - 4,730 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£1,389 (EUR 1,611; USD 1,875) ‡+BP*
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Aeolis, Kyme AR Hemiobol. 4th century BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Forepart of horse to right / Rosette with eight petals. Klein 334; SNG Copenhagen 34; SNG Kayhan 91. 0.17gr, 6mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
The Thracian Chersonese, Sestos AE 15mm. Circa 150-100 BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of Apollo to left / ΣΗΣ-[ΤΙ], tripod; Γ to left; star in exergue. CN Online 57873; Fritze, Sestos, Die Menas-Inschrift und das Münzwesen der Stadt 1, p.7, 21 / pl.1, 36. 4.19gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
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Lydia. Ifes, Lydian usurper(?) AR Hemiobol. Circa 450/425-400 BC. Uncertain mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Youthful male head to left / 'Ifelim' in Lydian above grain of wheat. M. Egetmeyer: Eine neue Münze mit lydischer Inschrift, in: Kadmos 51 (2012), Heft 1, 175-178, illustration 1-2 = Gemini VIII (2011), 98 (misattributed to Salamis on Cyprus). 0.36gr, 6mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
