LOT 3330
Kings of Characene, Attambelos IV BI(?) Tetradrachm. Dated SE 365 (AD 53/4). Charax-Spasinu mint.
Diademed head to right, without beard / Herakles seated to left on rock, holding club; TΞЄ (date) in exergue. Near Very Fine.(14.54gr, 27mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3330
Kings of Characene, Attambelos IV BI(?) Tetradrachm.
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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Lucania, Thourioi AR Pentetetartemorion or 5 Tetartemoria. Circa 300-280 BC.
Estimate: £100 - 150 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet / [Θ]ΟΥ, T-in-Π (mark of value). HGC 1, 1272 (R3). 0.46gr, 8mm, 8h.
Very Fine. Edge chipped. Exceedingly rare denomination.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Caria, Halikarnassos AE 12mm. Circa 350-200 BC.
Estimate: £10 - 20 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Apollo to left / [ΑΛΙ], eagle standing to left; lyre(?) to left. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 346-7; cf. SNG Keckman 50; cf. HNO 457. 1.28gr, 12mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 450-375 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (late). Lydo-Milesian standard.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb. 5.49gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Countermarks on both sides.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
