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LOT 3174
Mysia, Kyzikos AR Obol. Circa 450-400 BC.
Forepart of boar to left; to right, tunny upward / Head of roaring lion to left; retrograde K to upper left; all within incuse square. Von Fritze II 15; SNG Arikantürk 439; SNG BN 380-4. Near Very Fine.(0.78gr, 9mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceLondon, UK, art market, 1980s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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Mysia, Parion AE 11mm. Circa 350-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Bull butting to right / Upright club; Π-Α-Ρ-Ι across fields, all within wreath. Unpublished in the standard references, cf. BMC 54-56 for similar type. 1.41gr, 11mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished in the standard references.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Islands off Thrace. Lemnos, Hephaistia AE 13mm. 276/261-167 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Radiate head of Helios to right / H-Φ A-I, Dionysos standing facing, head to left, holding kantharos with right and thyrsos with left hand. SNG Copenhagen (Thrace) 984; HGC 6, 295 (R2). 1.97gr, 13mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine. Corroded. Extremely rare issue of Hephaistia. No other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Lykian League, Masikytes AR Hemidrachm. Circa 28-18 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
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. 1.71gr, 17mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 100, 28 July 2022, lot 456. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
