LOT 3252
Lykian League, Masikytes AR Hemidrachm. Circa 28-18 BC.
Laureate head of Apollo to right; Λ-[Y] across fields / Kithara; M-A across fields, tripod in lower right field; all within shallow incuse square. RPC I 3310; Troxell, Lycian League, Period IV, Series 6, 110; Müseler XI, 39-40. Good Very Fine.(1.71gr, 17mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 100, 28 July 2022, lot 456.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3252
Lykian League, Masikytes AR Hemidrachm.
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Sikyonia, Sikyon AR Triobol or Hemidrachm. Circa 330/20-280 BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Dove flying to left; [pellet above tail?] / Chimaera standing to left, raising forepaw; ΣI below. Cf. BCD Peloponnesos 292; HGC 5, 213. 2.49gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Drachm. Late 5th-4th centuries BC.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Upright anchor; crayfish to left, A to right / Facing head of Medusa with tongue protruding and snakes as hair. Topalov, Apollonia p. 337, 7; HGC 3.2, 1323. 3.04gr, 13mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Austran art market. Property of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B. Lydo-Milesian standard.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B. 5.47gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
