LOT 3726
Lucania, Metapontion AR Didrachm or Nomos. Circa 330-290 BC. Struck under the magistrates EY- (Eu-) and ΛY- (Ly-).
Head of Demeter to right, wearing grain wreath, pendant earring and pearl necklace; ΕΥ beneath chin / ΜΕΤΑ, ear of barley with leaf to right; above leaf, sixteen-rayed star; in the lower field to left, ΛΥ. ANS 499 (same dies); Johnston C.8.12 (same dies). Near Extremely Fine. Attractive toning with iridescence in fields. Well-centred.(7.77gr, 21mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a late collector.
Ex Vinchon, 11 April 1988, 185.
Ex Münzen und Medaillen FPL 342, February 1973, 6.
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LOT 3726
Lucania, Metapontion AR Didrachm or Nomos.
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£800 (EUR 928; USD 1,080) ‡+BP*
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Persia, Achaemenid Empire AR 1/32 Siglos. Time of Darios I to Xerxes I, circa 505-480 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Persian king or hero in kneeling/running stance to right, drawing bow / Rectangular incuse punch. BMC -; Carradice Type II; Klein 760. 0.15gr, 5mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
The Thracian Chersonese, Madytos AE Chalkous. Circa 350 BC.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Bull butting to right / M-[A Δ Υ], hound seated to right; grain ear behind. SNG Copenhagen 923-6. 1.95gr, 12mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Kings of Bithynia, Prusias II Cynegos AE 21mm. 182-149 BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Wreathed head of Dionysos to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠΡΟYΣIOY, the centaur Cheiron standing to right, playing kithara; monogram below raised foreleg. HGC 7, 629. 5.38gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
