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LOT 3302
Persia. Alexandrine Empire, Uncertain satrap of Babylon AR Hemiobol. Circa 328-311 BC.
Baaltars seated to left, holding sceptre / Lion walking to left, spearhead to left above. CNG MBS 63, lot 786 (Samaria); BMC -, cf. 4 (tetradrachm); Nicolet-Pierre -, cf. 2 (same); otherwise unpublished. Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.(0.42gr, 8mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3302
Persia. Alexandrine Empire, Uncertain satrap of Babylon AR Hemiobol.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
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Caria, Kaunos AE 11mm. 2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £9
Diademed head of Apollo to right / K-AY(ligate), sword in sheath. BMC 17; SNG Copenhagen 187. 1.21gr, 11mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AE 23mm. Struck after 301 BC. Uncertain mint in Western Anatolia.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Male head in peaked Phrygian helmet to right / Trophy; [BAΣ]ΙΛΕΩΣ to left, [ΛYΣI]MAXOY to right. SNG Copenhagen 1164; HGC 3.2, 1755. 6.22gr, 23mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2009. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 104, 15 December 2022, lot 217. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
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Troas, Assos AE 9mm. Circa 400-250 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Griffin seated to right / Roaring lion's head to right. SNG München -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; Klein -. 0.73gr, 9mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
The attribution of this coin to Assos is based on its similarity to obols struck during the same period.
