LOT 3794
Islands off Thessaly, Skiathos AE Chalkous. 4th-2nd century BC.
Male head to right / ΣΚΙ-ΑΘΙ, kerykeion; grape bunch to inner right. BCD Thessaly II -; HGC 6, 415. Very Fine.(1.86gr, 14mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3794
Islands off Thessaly, Skiathos AE Chalkous.
Estimate £70 - 90€81 - 104 (for guidance only)$95 - 122 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£35 (EUR 41; USD 47) +BP*
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Mysia, Lampsakos AR Obol. Circa 500-450 BC.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Janiform female heads / Helmeted head of Athena left; Ƨ on helmet, olive sprig with berry behind; all within incuse square. Baldwin, Lampsakos -; SNG BnF -; SNG Arikantürk -; cf. Kroll Empire 3.18a (Drachm). 0.85gr, 11mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished variety.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
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*)
Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £58
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. -
Cilicia, Kelenderis AR Stater. Circa 430-420 BC.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Nude youth, holding whip, dismounting from horse rearing to left; Π beneath horse's belly / Goat kneeling to left, head right; KEΛE and branch with ivy leaf and berries above. Casabonne Type 2; Celenderis 8; SNG BnF 52; SNG Levante -; SNG von Aulock 5620. 10.76gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine, Test cut. Attractive old cabinet tone.
From the Michael Higley Collection. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 76, 5 November 2020, lot 377. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
