LOT 3967
Kyrenaika, Kyrene AR Hemidrachm. Circa 480-435 BC.
Bearded head of Ammon to right, with ram's horn above his ear; all within dotted circle within incuse square / Silphium plant with two pairs of leaves. Cf. BMC, p. xl, 57a, pl. VII, 10; SNG Copenhagen -. Near Very Fine.(1.17gr, 10mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3967
Kyrenaika, Kyrene AR Hemidrachm.
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Kings of Parthia, Mithradates I AR Tetradrachm. Dated SE 173 (140/139 BC). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint.
Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,300
Diademed and draped bust of Mithradates I to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ME-ΓAΛOY APΣA-KOY ΦIΛEΛ-ΛHNOΣ, Herakles standing to left, holding skyphos in his right hand and club and lion skin in his left; monogram of APT in outer left field; Γ[ΟΡ] (date) in exergue. Sellwood 13.3; Shore 36; Sunrise 261. 15.57gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Minor deposits. Rare.
Swiss private collection, acquired in 1992. -
Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AR Drachm. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. 'Kolophon', circa 301-297 BC.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £83
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; [A]ΛEΞANΔΡOY to right, forepart of lion to left above crescent in left field, pentagram below throne. Price 1842; Thompson 120; SNG Copenhagen 909. 4.10gr, 18mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Subtle, old cabinet tone, a highly attractive example of a desirable type and among the very finest to come to auction in the past two decades.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 97, 26 May 2022, lot 234. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Thessaly, Larissa AR Obol. Circa 380-365 BC.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly to left, wearing ampyx and necklace / Horseman riding to right. SNG Copenhagen 134. 0.93gr, 11mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
