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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Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. 312-281 BC. Uncertain mint. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, BAΣIΛEΩΣ below, monogram to left, ΘE below throne. SC 295; Price 3786 (Babylonia); HGC 9, 10h. 17.01gr, 27mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex UK private collection. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Thessaly, Trikka AR Hemidrachm. Circa 440-400 BC.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Thessalos, petasos and cloak tied at neck, holding band around head of forepart of bull to right / TPIK-KAI-ON (retrograde), forepart of bridled horse to right; all within incuse square. BCD Thessaly II 776.3-4 var. (arrangement of ethnic); HGC 4, 311. 2.43gr, 17mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
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Persia, Achaemenid Empire AR Tetartemorion. Time of Artaxerxes II to Darios III, circa 400-332 BC. Kolophon(?) mint.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger and bow / Female head to left, wearing necklace. Corfù Type 3.2; Troxell & Kagan -; Sunrise -. 0.17gr, 6mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
