LOT 3826
Mysia, Kyzikos AE 12mm. 2nd-1st centuries BC.
Head of bull facing slightly to right / K-Y Z-I, ME monogram within wreath. Von Fritze, Gruppe III 26. Near Very Fine.(2.02gr, 12mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3826
Mysia, Kyzikos AE 12mm.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Mysia, Kyzikos AR Didrachm. 3rd century BC.
Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £900
Wreathed head of Kore Soteira to right, hair in sphendone / K-Y Z-I, Apollo, nude but for chlamys draped from his waist, seated to left on omphalos, holding phiale, left arm resting on kithara seated on ground to right; monogram to left. Unpublished denomination. 6.88gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; unpublished and unique.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, 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. -
Ionia, Phokaia EL 1/6 of Stater or Hekte. Circa 625/0-522 BC.
Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,389
Forepart of bull to right, head to left; small seal above / Incuse square punch. Bodenstedt 9 (unlisted dies); Boston MFA -; BMC -; SNG von Aulock 7946. 2.58gr, 11mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Extremely rare, only seven examples noted by Bodenstedt.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction 6, Session 2, 29 September 2013, lot 623. Private European collection.
