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LOT 3884
Kingdom of Lydia, Kroisos AR 1/24 Stater. Circa 561-546 BC. Sardes mint.
Confronted foreparts of lion to right and bull to left / Incuse punch. GRPC Lydia S10; SNG Tübingen 3652-3. Near Very Fine.(0.29gr, 6mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3884
Kingdom of Lydia, Kroisos AR 1/24 Stater.
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£25 (EUR 29; USD 34) +BP*
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Palmyrene, Palmyra AE 10mm. Circa 2nd-3rd centuries AD. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £35
Turreted bust of Tyche(?) to right / Astarte standing facing in galley, holding cornucopia and wreath. Unpublished in the standard references, but cf. Stephen Album 28, 14 and Roma E-57, 549. 0.82gr, 10mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Sicily, Syracuse AV Dekadrachm or 50 Litrae. Time of Agathokles circa 317-289 BC.
Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 4 | Current Bid: £1,800
Laureate head of Apollo to left / ΣYPAKOΣ[IΩN], charioteer driving fast biga to right; triskeles running to right below. Bérend, Agathocle pl. 9, 1 var. (triskeles running to left); SNG ANS 549; HGC 2 1276. 4.26gr, 14mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. An attractive, bright example.
Ex Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 118, 15 October 2002, lot 1130. Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 136, 10 March 2008, lot 480. Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 402, 14 March 2024, lot 588. Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
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Troas, Dardanos AR Hemiobol. Circa 5th century BC.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £30
Cockerel standing to left, on back of hen standing to left, preparing to mate / Incuse head of panther to left. Leu Web Auction 15, 341; CNG 90, 575; otherwise, unpublished. 0.39gr, 7mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
