LOT 3886
Lydia, Magnesia ad Sipylum AE 14mm. 2nd-1st century BC.
Male head (king or priest) to right, hair bound in broad tainia / ΜΑΓΝΗ ΣΙΠΥ[ΛΟ], tripod, monogram to upper left. GRPC Lydia 30; Vossen 5850. Near Very Fine.(3.04gr, 14mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3886
Lydia, Magnesia ad Sipylum AE 14mm.
Estimate £25 - 35€29 - 41 (for guidance only)$34 - 47 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Lucania, Metapontion AR Didrachm or Nomos. Circa 330-290 BC. Struck under the magistrates EY- (Eu-) and ΛY- (Ly-).
Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £800
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). 7.77gr, 21mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine. Attractive toning with iridescence in fields. Well-centred.
Property of a late collector. Ex Vinchon, 11 April 1988, 185. Ex Münzen und Medaillen FPL 342, February 1973, 6. -
Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AR Drachm. Circa 305-281 BC. 'Kolophon' mint. In the types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £111
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ below, ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ to right, forepart of lion to left above crescent in left field, pentagram below throne. Price L28; Thompson 127. 4.26gr, 18mm, 1h.
About Good Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 94, 24 February 2022, lot 276. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Philistia, Gaza AR Rb' Sql (Drachm). Circa 420-350 BC.
Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Youthful female head to right, hair gathered at the back / Facing head of Bes; in fields, traces of legend in Aramaic; all within dotted square border within incuse square. Cf. Fischer-Bossert, Philistian, 32a; cf. Gitler & Tal VI.14Dc; Hendin -; Jeselsohn 141; Mildenberg, Vestigia, pl. XXVII, 25; Shoshana -; Sofaer -. 3.06gr, 17mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine. Test cut on reverse. Extremely rare.
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.
