LOT 3898
Lycian League, Masikytes AR Hemidrachm. Circa 35-30 BC.
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. Mint State.(1.80gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3898
Lycian League, Masikytes AR Hemidrachm.
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000€3,480 - 4,640 (for guidance only)$4,050 - 5,400 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£1,500 (EUR 1,740; USD 2,025) +BP*
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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes) AE 12mm. 138-129 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Prow to left / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, piloi of the Dioskouroi. SC 2069a; HGC 9, 1106. 1.38gr, 12mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
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Cilicia, Anazarbos AE Dichalkon. Struck circa 19 BC.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Helmeted head of Athena to right / ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΕΩΝ, plow; monogram above AN(?) to left. Cf. Zeigler 1; cf. SNG Levante 1365; cf. Lindgren I 1420. 7.39gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare type.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Axum, Anonymous AE Unit. Time of Ebana, circa AD 460-480.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
[CΛX ΛCΛ (interpretation uncertain - "King of the land of the Abyssinians" [much abbreviated]?)], crowned and draped bust to right, holding long cross; cross above / Inscription similar to TOYTO ΛPECH TH XѠPΛ ("may this please the country"), cross within circular border. Hahn & Keck 45; SACAM 283-320; H 36; AC 76. 0.61gr, 13mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.
