LOT 3969
Kyrenaika, Kyrene AR Obol. Circa 510-490 BC. Attic standard.
Silphion fruit / Quadripartite incuse square, divided by four lines. Cf. Buttrey, Coins, Period I, Group 1A, 51 (incuse diagonally divided). Good Very Fine. Extremely rare incuse pattern.(0.69gr, 7mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3969
Kyrenaika, Kyrene AR Obol.
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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Islands off Cilicia, Elaioussa Sebaste AE 20mm. 1st century BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Diademed head of Zeus to right / Nike advancing to left, holding wreath. Cf. SNG BnF 1140. 6.32gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
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Persia, Achaemenid Empire AR Tetartemorion. Time of Artaxerxes II to Darios III, circa 400-332 BC. Kolophon(?) mint.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding spear and bow / Head of young male to right; K behind neck. Cf. Sunrise 99 (without K); CNG E- Auction 235/229, 2010 (Cilicia uncertain). 0.20gr, 6mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Kings of Bithynia, Prusias II Cynegos AE 21mm. 182-149 BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Wreathed head of Dionysos to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠΡΟYΣIOY, the centaur Cheiron standing to right, playing kithara; monogram below raised foreleg. HGC 7, 629. 5.38gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
