LOT 3834
Mysia, Pergamon AE 18mm. Circa 133-27 BC.
Head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet; c/m: lyre / ΑΘΗΝΑΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟY, trophy consisting of helmet and cuirass; inner left, monogram. Cf. SNG BnF 1885-90. Near Very Fine.(5.05gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3834
Mysia, Pergamon AE 18mm.
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, Lampsakos AR Obol. Circa 500-450 BC.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Janiform female heads / Helmeted head of Athena left; Ƨ on helmet, olive sprig with berry behind; all within incuse square. Baldwin, Lampsakos -; SNG BnF -; SNG Arikantürk -; cf. Kroll Empire 3.18a (Drachm). 0.85gr, 11mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished variety.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Palmyrene, Palmyra AE 10mm. Circa 2nd-3rd centuries AD. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £35
Helmeted bust to right / Astarte(?) standing in galley facing, holding cornucopia in left hand and wreath in right. Unpublished in the standard references. 0.82gr, 10mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Persia, Achaemenid Empire AR Tetartemorion. Time of Artaxerxes II to Darios III, circa 400-332 BC. Kolophon(?) mint.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding spear and bow / Head of young male to right; K behind neck. Cf. Sunrise 99 (without K); CNG E- Auction 235/229, 2010 (Cilicia uncertain). 0.20gr, 6mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
