LOT 3970
Kyrenaika, Kyrene AR Obol. Circa 510-490 BC. Attic standard.
Silphion fruit; above and below(?), pellet / Quadripartite incuse square. BMC -, cf. 9 (hemiobol); Boston MFA -; Buttrey 49; SNG Copenhagen -. Good Very Fine.(0.79gr, 8mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3970
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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Cilicia, Kelenderis AR Stater. Circa 430-420 BC.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Nude youth, holding whip, dismounting from horse rearing to left; Π beneath horse's belly / Goat kneeling to left, head right; KEΛE and branch with ivy leaf and berries above. Casabonne Type 2; Celenderis 8; SNG BnF 52; SNG Levante -; SNG von Aulock 5620. 10.76gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine, Test cut. Attractive old cabinet tone.
From the Michael Higley Collection. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 76, 5 November 2020, lot 377. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
Ionia, Leukai AE 16mm. Circa 350-300 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Apollo to left / ΛEΟ[...], swan standing to left with wings spread, head to right. Cf. Traité II, 2046. 2.87gr, 16mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Cilicia, Kelenderis AE 23mm. 2nd-1st centuries BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Turreted and veiled bust of Tyche to right / ΚΕΛΕΝΔΕΡΙΤΩΝ, Apollo standing to left, holding branch tied with fillets, leaning on column upon which sits a tripod; ΜΩ(?) vertical to right. SNG BnF -; cf. SNG Levante Supp. 130. 6.89gr, 23mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
