LOT 3876
Islands off Ionia, Samos AE 11mm. Circa 300-200 BC.
Head of Hera facing / Facing lion's head, invisible inscription below. Cf. BMC p. 366, 172. Near Very Fine. Rare.(0.89gr, 11mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3876
Islands off Ionia, Samos AE 11mm.
Estimate £15 - 20€17 - 23 (for guidance only)$20 - 27 (for guidance only)
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Mysia, Kyzikos AR Hemiobol. Circa 450-400 BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Forepart of boar to left; behind, tunny fish / Head of roaring lion to left, with protruding tongue; all within incuse square. SNG BnF 385. 0.42gr, 9mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 103-76 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Legend within wreath / Splayed double cornucopia with pomegranate between. Hendin 6181; Meshorer Group P; HGC 10, 638. 1.59gr, 14mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent. -
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Mysia, Adramyteion(?) AE 9mm. Orontes, Satrap of Mysia, circa 357-352 BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Wreathed female head (Io?) to right, wearing sphendone / Forepart of Pegasos to left; OPON below. Troxell, Orontes -; cf. SNG BnF 1223-1226 (Lampsakos); cf. SNG Copenhagen 206-207; BMC -; SNG von Aulock -; otherwise unpublished. 0.67gr, 9mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; unpublished.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
