LOT 3956
Persia, Achaemenid Empire AR 1/48 Stater. Time of Kyros - Darios I, in the types of Kroisos, circa 550-520 BC. Sardes mint.
Head of roaring lion to right / Irregular incuse punch. GRPC Lydia S13 = Naumann 66, 189; CNG E-432, 71; CNG E-392, 283; Roma Numismatics, e-104, 465. Near Very Fine. Very rare.(0.13gr, 5mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3956
Persia, Achaemenid Empire AR 1/48 Stater.
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£25 (EUR 29; USD 34) +BP*
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Lydia, Magnesia ad Sipylum AE 14mm. 2nd-1st century BC.
Estimate: £25 - 35 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Male head (king or priest) to right, hair bound in broad tainia / ΜΑΓΝΗ ΣΙΠΥ[ΛΟ], tripod, monogram to upper left. GRPC Lydia 30; Vossen 5850. 3.04gr, 14mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Aeolis, Aegae AE 10mm. 4th century BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Apollo to right, with long hair / ΑΙΓΑΕ, head of goat to right. BMC 7; SNG Copenhagen 2. 1.01gr, 10mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Macedon, Amphipolis AE 21mm. 168-149 BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Diademed head of Artemis Tauropolos (or Apollo) to right / AMΦIΠOΛITΩN, two goats standing on their hind legs, fighting; monogram(?) to right. Cf. SNG ANS 115-117; HGC 3.1, 421. 6.54gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
