LOT 3727
Lucania, Metapontion AE 17mm. Circa 225-200(?) BC.
Wreathed head of Demeter to right / Two grain ears with leaves to right; META upwards, between, [bird above right grain ear's leaf?]. Cf. Johnston Bronze 78; HN Italy 1714 corr. (position of ethnic"). Near Very Fine.(4.50gr, 17mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceLondon, UK, art market, 1980s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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LOT 3727
Lucania, Metapontion AE 17mm.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Lycian League, Masikytes AR Hemidrachm. Circa 35-30 BC.
Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
Head of Apollo to right, wearing tainia / Kithara; ΛYKIΩN above, M-A Σ-I across; all within incuse square. Troxell, Lycian, Period IV, Series 4, 103; RPC I 3304. 1.80gr, 16mm, 12h.
Mint State.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
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Phoenicia, Tyre AR Half Shekel. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Melkart to right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing to left on prow, palm frond in background. Cf. HGC 10, 358. 5.88gr, 19mm, 2h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Lydia, Sardes AE 17mm. After 133 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΙΠΠΟΝΕΙΚΟΣ (Hipponeikos), magistrate. Unbearded, laureate head of Herakles to right, lionskin knotted around neck / ΣAΡΔIANΩN IΠΠΟΝΕ[Ι]-ΚΟΣ, Apollo, naked, standing to left, holding raven and laurel branch, all within laurel wreath. GRPC Lydia 88 corr. (ΙΠΠΕΝΕΙΚΟΣ). 5.52gr, 17mm, 1h.
Very Fine, Very rare magistrate's name.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
