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LOT 3957
Persia, Alexandrine Empire AR Hemiobol. Time of Stamenes to Seleukos, Satraps of Babylon, circa 328-311 BC.
Baal seated to right, holding sceptre with right hand, and uncertain object (animal?) in extended left hand / Lion walking to left. BMC p. 183, 12 and pl. 21, 6; Traité II, 799 and pl. 115, 25. Near Very Fine. Extremely rare.(0.40gr, 8mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3957
Persia, Alexandrine Empire 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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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. -
Mysia, Kyzikos EL 1/6 Stater or Hekte. Circa 550-500 BC.
Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
Forepart of lion to left, devouring prey; in right field, tunny fish swimming upwards / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze I 41; BMFA 1416 var. (stater); Greenwell 109; SNG BnF 181 var. (hemihekte). 2.66gr, 11mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. A superb piece, the finest on the market.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Aeolis, Myrina AE 16mm. 2nd-1st centuries BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Apollo to right / MY-PI, amphora; lyre to left. SNG München 571-3 var. (lyre to right); SNG Copenhagen 225 var. (same). 3.37gr, 16mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare variety with lyre in left field.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
