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, Antiochos III AE 19mm. 223-187 BC. Antioch mint.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Laureate head of Apollo to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY, tripod. Cf. SC 1060; cf. HGC 9, 468. 7.09gr, 19mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Kings of Commagene, Mithradates I Kallinikos AE Tetrachalkon. Circa 96-70 BC.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of Mithradates I to right, wearing bashlyk tied with diadem / BAΣIΛEΩΣ MIΘPAΔATOY KAΛΛINIKOY, Athena standing facing, head to left, extending her right hand and holding spear and shield in her left. Kovacs 221. 4.60gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Bithynia, Herakleia Pontica AE 11mm. 3rd-1st century BC.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Wreathed head of Dionysos(?) to right / H-P-A between three clubs. Cf. RG 63-64. 0.96gr, 11mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; no other on the market since the last twenty years.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
