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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Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm. Struck as Strategos or king of Asia, in the name and types of Alexander III. Lampsakos, circa 310-301 BC.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £32
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; AΛEΞANΔPO[Y] to right, forepart of Pegasos to left in left field, monogram beneath throne. Price 1382; Müller 612; SNG Copenhagen 887; ADM II Series XVIII. 4.21gr, 18mm, 5h.
Extremely Fine. An attractive example.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 97, 26 May 2022, lot 179. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Crete, Aptera AE Chalkous. Circa 250-67 BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Female head to right, wearing stephanos / Large ΠA monogram. Svoronos, Numismatique 32; SNG Copenhagen 333; Traeger 9. 2.07gr, 14mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Caria, Uncertain mint 'D' AR Tetartemorion. Circa 450-400 BC.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £30
[Foreparts of two confronted bulls, with horns intertwined] / Forepart of bull to left within incuse square. Cf. HNO Online 73. 0.15gr, 7mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
