LOT 3209
Lesbos, Antissa AE 9mm. Circa 250/40-167 BC.
Bull standing to left, head reverted; star below / A-N; club. Joy 600b; HGC 6, 872. Very Fine. Very rare mint.(1.03gr, 9mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3209
Lesbos, Antissa AE 9mm.
Estimate £100 - 120€120 - 140 (for guidance only)$140 - 160 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£40 (EUR 46; USD 54) +BP*
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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. -
Mysia, Lampsakos AR Obol. Circa 500-450 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Janiform female head wearing double stephane, necklace, and circular pendant earring / Head of Athena to left, wearing crestless Corinthian helmet; all within incuse square. Baldwin, Lampsakos, Group A, Type I, pl. V, 14; SNG BnF 1131. 0.66gr, 8mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex 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. 5.5gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
