LOT 3874
Ionia, Smyrna AE 18mm. Circa 301-288 BC.
ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΣ(?) (Menandros), magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΣMYPNAI[ΩΝ], tripod, monogram of MENAN within circle to right. Not in the standard references including Milne. Very Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished variety.(4.08gr, 18mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
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LOT 3874
Ionia, Smyrna AE 18mm.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Mysia, Kyzikos AR Obol. Circa 450-400 BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Forepart of boar to left; [to right, tunny / Head of roaring lion to left; retrograde K to upper left; all within incuse square. Von Fritze II 15; SNG Arikantürk 439; SNG BnF 380-4. 0.69gr, 9mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Asia Minor, Uncertain Mint AR Hemiobol. 5th century BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of ram to right / Large wreath-like symbol, within dotted border; all within incuse square. Cf. Asia Minor Coins #15018. 0.46gr, 7mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AR Drachm. Circa 299-296 BC. Magnesia ad Maeandrum mint. In the types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding sceptre; ΛΥΣIMAXOΥ below, BAΣIΛEΩΣ to right, head of lion to left in left field, monogram below throne, Σ in outer right field. Price L32; Müller L30; Thompson 98. 4.02gr, 18mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely rare.
London, UK, collection, 1990s.
