LOT 3255
Kushan Rulers of Baktria, Kanishka CU Tetradrachm. c. AD 127-151.
ΒΑCIΛЄΥC BACIΛEWN KANHÞAOKOV, king standing facing, sacrificing over altar to left / OAΔO, Oado with raised arms running left. Göbl 783; ANS 540-545; AWC 3108-3110. Very Fine.(17.84gr, 6mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Edom (Idumaea) AR Quarter Shekel-Drachm. 4th century BC. Imitating Athens.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Helmeted head of Athena to right / Owl standing to right. GTvA 9-11; HGC 10, 617. 4.12gr, 13mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Lucania, Metapontion AR Didrachm or Nomos. Circa 330-290 BC. Struck under the magistrates EY- (Eu-) and ΛY- (Ly-).
Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £667
Head of Demeter to right, wearing grain wreath, pendant earring and pearl necklace; ΕΥ beneath chin / ΜΕΤΑ, ear of barley with leaf to right; above leaf, sixteen-rayed star; in the lower field to left, ΛΥ. ANS 499 (same dies); Johnston C.8.12 (same dies). 7.77gr, 21mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine. Attractive toning with iridescence in fields. Well-centered.
Property of a late collector. Ex Vinchon, 11 April 1988, 185. Ex Münzen und Medaillen FPL 342, February 1973, 6. -
Attica, Athens AR Drachm. Circa 454-404 BC. Contemporary imitation.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig in upper left field, all within incuse square. For prototype, cf. Kroll 10 and HGC 4, 1631; for another similar example cf. CNG, e-374, 229. 2.93gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Test cut.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
