LOT 3749
Islands off Thrace. Thasos AR Hemiobol. Circa 411-340 BC.
Head of bald and bearded satyr to right / Θ-Α-Σ-I, two dolphins, one above the other, swimming left and right; all within shallow incuse. Le Rider, Thasiennes, 12; SNG Copenhagen 1033. Near Very Fine.(0.37gr, 8mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceEx TimeLine.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
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LOT 3749
Islands off Thrace. Thasos AR Hemiobol.
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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Kushano-Sasanians, Peroz II AE Pashiz. Circa AD 300-325. Mint in Baktria, probably Balkh.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
'PLWCI KWSHAN MLKA' ('Peroy Kushanshah' in Pahlavi), draped and bearded bust to right, wearing flat crown surmounted by two bull's horns and lotus bud / 'BWLZAWNDY YZDTY' ('Exalted God', in Pahlavi), exalted God emerges from fire altar, holding wreath in his right hand and long sceptre in his left. ANS Kushan 2343. 2.27gr, 14mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Ionia, Magnesia as Maeandrum AE 13mm. Circa 300-200 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΑΡΧΙΑΣ (Archias), magistrate. Horseman charging to right, holding spear / Humped bull butting to left on ground line; [APXIAΣ] below. Imhoof-Blumer, Monnaies Grecques, p.291, 86. 2.62gr, 13mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
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. Magnesia ad Maeandrum, circa 319-305 BC.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £63
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ to right, monograms in left field and below throne. Price 1967; Müller 790. 4.26gr, 17mm, 11h.
About Good Very Fine. Light cabinet tone.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 97, 26 May 2022, lot 178. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
