LOT 3823
Mysia, Kyzikos AR Hemiobol. Circa 450-400 BC.
Forepart of boar to left; behind, tunny fish / Head of roaring lion to left, with protruding tongue; all within incuse square. SNG BnF 385. Good Fine.(0.42gr, 9mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceLondon, UK, art market, 1980s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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LOT 3823
Mysia, Kyzikos AR Hemiobol.
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Kyrenaika, Kyrene AR Hemidrachm. Circa 480-435 BC.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Bearded head of Ammon to right, with ram's horn above his ear; all within dotted circle within incuse square / Silphium plant with two pairs of leaves. Cf. BMC, p. xl, 57a, pl. VII, 10; SNG Copenhagen -. 1.17gr, 10mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Pamphylia, Aspendos AE 8mm. 2nd-1st centuries BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Star on shield / A-C, kerykeion. SNG BnF 155. 0.70gr, 8mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Phliasia, Phlious AE Chalkous. Circa 400-350 BC.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Bull butting to left, head lowered and turned to face the viewer / Φ surrounded by four pellets. Agora 721a-e; BCD Peloponnesos 108; BMC 16-17. 1.51gr, 14mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
Chalkoi of this issue circulated widely, and their find spots have included the Peloponnesos, Corinth, Athens, Boeotia, Thessaly, and Macedon.
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