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LOT 3921
Philisita (Palestine), Uncertain mint AR Obol. Circa 353-333 BC. Imitating Athens.
Helmeted head of Athena to right / Owl standing to right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to left; [A]ΘΕ downwards before; all within incuse square. Gitler & Tal IX.1O. Near Very Fine. Cleaning scratches.(0.66gr, 9mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3921
Philisita (Palestine), Uncertain mint AR Obol.
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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Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC.
Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £245
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three olive leaves above visor and spiral palmette on bowl, round earring with central boss, and pearl necklace / Owl standing to right with head facing, olive sprig and crescent behind, ΑΘΕ before; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31; HGC 4, 1597. 17.13gr, 26mm, 1h.
Good Extremely Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 94, 24 February 2022, lot 130. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm. Struck as Strategos or king of Asia, in the name and types of Alexander III. 'Kolophon', circa 310-301 BC.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £67
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, crescent in left field, N below throne. Price 1798; Müller 271; SNG Copenhagen 924. 4.15gr, 17mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 97, 26 May 2022, lot 197. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Pontos, Amisos AE 22mm. Circa 95-90 or 80-70 BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
Wreathed head of Mithradates VI as young Dionysos right / Panther skin and thyrsos on cista mystica, to left, monogram. HGC 7, 243. 8.04gr, 22mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine.
From a German private collection, formed since the 1980s.
