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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Phrygia, Kibyra(?) AE 11mm. 2nd-1st centuries BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Helmeted head of Athena to right / [K?]-I, eagle standing to right. Cf. SNG von Aulock 3719; cf. BMC 16; cf. HGC 7, 720. 1.15gr, 11mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AE 16mm. 336-323 BC. Uncertain mint in Macedon.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Macedonian shield, with thunderbolt on boss; pellets and crescents around / B-A, Macedonian helmet, decorated with laurel wreath; monogram of KE to lower right. Price 405. 4.53gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
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Cilicia, Anazarbos AE Dichalkon. Struck circa 19 BC.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Helmeted head of Athena to right / ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΕΩΝ, plow; monogram above AN to left. SNG Levante 1365 var. (slightly different monogram); Lindgren I 1420 var. (different monogram; no AN). 3.95gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Very rare type.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
