LOT 3859
Lesbos, Unattributed Early Mint BI 1/36 Stater. Circa 500-450 BC.
Boar’s head to left / Incuse square. SNG Copenhagen -; SNG München -; HGC 6, -; seemingly unpublished. Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.(0.32gr, 7mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3859
Lesbos, Unattributed Early Mint BI 1/36 Stater.
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£25 (EUR 29; USD 34) +BP*
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Islands off Ionia, Samos AR Tetradrachm. Dated RY 3 (452/1 BC) (restoration era date).
Estimate: £8,000 - 10,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £4,444
Facing lion scalp / Forepart of ox to right; ΣA above, olive branch to left, Γ (date) below; all within incuse square. Barron Class VII, 72a (A33/P72) (this coin); Slg. O'Hagan 591 (this coin); Coll. Berlin (Fox coll.); HGC 6, 1190. 12.96gr, 24mm, 9h.
Near Extremely Fine. Amazing old cabinet tone. Well centred and of fine style. Extremely rare date (no other examples on CoinArchives).
Ex Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, 23 March 1896, lot 592. Ex Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, 4 May 1908, lot 591. From Hyman Montagu (1844-1895) collection. From Henry Osborne O'Hagan, Esq. (1853-1930) collection. Ex Cahn, 1951. Ex Bourgey Emile, Collection de Monnaies Grecques Gauloise-romaines, Hôtel Drouot Sale, Paris, 13 June 1952, lot 127. Ex Münzen & Medaillen, Basel. From Rollin & Feuardent (William Talbot Ready), London. Acquired privately from Jean Vinchon, Paris. -
Islands off Thessaly, Skiathos AE 14mm. Circa 350-344 BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Male head to left, wearing taenia / ΣΚΙ-ΑΘΙ, kerykeion; herm to inner left. HGC 6, 414. 2.04gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
Aeolis, Kyme AE 12mm. Circa 350-250 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Eagle standing to right / K-Y to left and right of cup with one handle. Cf. BMC 16-20; cf. SNG von Aulock 1625. 1.37gr, 12mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
