LOT 3129
Macedon, Terone Fourrée Tetrobol. Circa 490-460 BC.
Oinochoe to left, with bunch of grapes hanged on its body / Quadripartite incuse square. For prototype cf. SNG ANS 746; HGC 3.1, 709. Very Fine.(1.98gr, 15mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceLondon, UK, art market, 1980s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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LOT 3129
Macedon, Terone Fourrée Tetrobol.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Macedon, District of Bottiaia. Coinage in the name of the Botteatans AE 24mm. Circa 168-148 BC. Pella mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of Athena Parthenos to right, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet / BOTTE-ATΩN, ox grazing to right. Cf. AMNG III.1 131. 10.41gr, 24mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Caria, Karyanda AE 9mm. Circa 400-390 BC.
Estimate: £100 - 150 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Female head to right / KAP, head of eagle to left. Konuk 2012, 350, fig. 8; HNO Online 2160. 0.63gr, 9mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Exceedingly rare city; the first specimen of this type to appear on the market.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Possibly 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. 5.58gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
