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 Extremely rare; unpublished variety.(4.08gr, 18mm, 5h.).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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Group of Eight [8] Bukhara Mint, Mansur bin Nuh, Samanid AE Fals. AH 350-366.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £5
Comprising: group of eight Fals Samanid coins from the Bukhara mint. 15.88gr total, 20-23mm.
As Shown.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
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Persia, Alexandrine Empire AR Hemiobol. Time of Stamenes to Seleukos, Satraps of Babylon, circa 328-311 BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Baal seated to right, holding sceptre with right hand, and uncertain object (animal?) in extended left hand / Lion walking to left. BMC p. 183, 12 and pl. 21, 6; Traité II, 799 and pl. 115, 25. 0.40gr, 8mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
The Thracian Chersonese, Madytos AE Dichalkon. Circa 2nd century BC.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of Hekuba to left / M-A Δ Y, chelys, bunch of grapes to left. HGC 3.2, 1509. 2.91gr, 16mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
