LOT 3238
Kingdom of Lydia, Kroisos AR Stater-Double Siglos. Struck circa 561-546 BC. Sardes mint.
Confronted foreparts of lion to right, with extended right foreleg, and bull to left / Bipartite incuse squares of unequal size. GRPC Lydia S1; Berk 20; Traité I 407; SNG Kayhan 1018; SNG von Aulock 2874; SNG Copenhagen 455; SNG Ashmolean 760. Very Fine. Toned.(10.44gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3238
Kingdom of Lydia, Kroisos AR Stater-Double Siglos.
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£600 (EUR 696; USD 810) +BP*
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Seleukid Empire, Seleukos II Kallinikos AE 17mm. 246-226 BC. Sardes mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Apollo standing to left, testing arrow and resting hand on grounded bow; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ to left, two monograms to outer left, HP monogram to outer right. SC 660.8a; WSM 1659; HGC 9, 345. 3.81gr, 17mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Rare.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2009. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Ionia, Miletos AE 15mm. Circa 350-300 BC. Uncertain magistrate.
Estimate: £10 - 20 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Lion standing to left, head turned back / Stellate pattern. For the type cf. BMC 47; cf. Deppert Milet 279-280. 2.04gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Illyria, Apollonia AE 22mm. Circa 1st century BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Bust of Artemis to left wearing stephane; quiver before / Tripod within laurel-wreath, AΠOΛΛΩNIATAN around. HGC 3a, 12. 10.36gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
