LOT 3084
Lucania, Metapontion AE 14mm. Circa 250-207 BC.
Athena Alkidemos standing to left, holding shield and brandishing spear / META, owl standing to left on stalk of barley ear. Johnston, Bronze coinage 68c; Historia Numorum Italy 1704; HGC 1, 1113. Near Very Fine.(3.17gr, 14mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceLondon, UK, art market, 1980s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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LOT 3084
Lucania, Metapontion AE 14mm.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Group of Ten (10) Greek AE Coins. Circa 3rd-1st century BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Comprising: mixed rulers, issues, denominations and reverse types. 0.63gr total.
As shown.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, 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*)
Bids: 1 | Current 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. 5.49gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Countermarks on both sides.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Euboia, Histiaia AR Tetrobol. Circa 196-146 BC.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Wreathed head of the nymph Histiaia to right / The nymph Histiaia seated to right on stern of galley, holding stylis; wing on galley, IΣTI-AIEΩN around. HGC 4, 1525. 1.97gr, 13mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
