LOT 3875
Islands off Ionia, Samos AR Tetradrachm. Dated RY 3 (452/1 BC) (restoration era date).
Facing lion scalp / Forepart of ox to right; ΣA above, olive branch to left, Γ (date) below; all within incuse square. Barron Class VII, 72a (A33/P72) (this coin); Slg. O'Hagan 591 (this coin); Coll. Berlin (Fox coll.); HGC 6, 1190. Near Extremely Fine. Amazing old cabinet tone. Well centred and of fine style. Extremely rare date (no other examples on CoinArchives).(12.96gr, 24mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceEx Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, 23 March 1896, lot 592.
Ex Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, 4 May 1908, lot 591.
From Hyman Montagu (1844-1895) collection.
From Henry Osborne O'Hagan, Esq. (1853-1930) collection.
Ex Cahn, 1951.
Ex Bourgey Emile, Collection de Monnaies Grecques Gauloise-romaines, Hôtel Drouot Sale, Paris, 13 June 1952, lot 127.
Ex Münzen & Medaillen, Basel.
From Rollin & Feuardent (William Talbot Ready), London.
Acquired privately from Jean Vinchon, Paris.
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LOT 3875
Islands off Ionia, Samos AR Tetradrachm.
Estimate £8,000 - 10,000€9,280 - 11,600 (for guidance only)$10,800 - 13,500 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£4,444 (EUR 5,156; USD 6,000) ‡+BP*
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Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Aeolis, Aegae AE 10mm. 3rd century BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Apollo to right / Head of goat to right. SNG Copenhagen 4; BMC 6-8. 0.85gr, 10mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
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Lycia, Bubon AE 11mm. 1st century BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Draped bust of Artemis to right, quiver behind / BOY, bow and quiver. BMC p. 47, 1. 1.40gr, 11mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare city.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
