LOT 2759
Phoenicia. Byblos, 'Aynel (Enylos) AR 1/16 Shekel. Circa 350-316/5 BC.
Two hoplites, holding shields, on galley to left, prow ending in lion's head; below, hippocamp to left / Lion attacking bull to left. E&E-B Series IV.4.2; HGC 10, 139. Near Very Fine.(0.63gr, 10mm, 7h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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LOT 2759
Phoenicia. Byblos, 'Aynel (Enylos) AR 1/16 Shekel.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
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Islands off Ionia, Samos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 453/2-440/39 BC.
Estimate: £15,000 - 20,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £6,750
Dated RY 3 (452/1 BC) (restoration era date). Facing lion scalp / Forepart of ox to right; ΣA above, olive branch to left, Γ (date) below; all within incuse square. Barron Class VII, 72a (A33/P72) (this coin); Slg. O'Hagan 591 (this coin); Coll. Berlin (Fox coll.); HGC 6, 1190. 12.96gr, 24mm, 9h.
Near Extremely Fine. Amazing old cabinet tone. Well centred and of fine style. Extremely rare date (no other examples on CoinArchives).
Ex Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, 23 March 1896, lot 592. Ex Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, 4 May 1908, lot 591. From Hyman Montagu (1844-1895) collection. From Henry Osborne O'Hagan, Esq. (1853-1930) collection. Ex Cahn, 1951. Ex Bourgey Emile, Collection de Monnaies Grecques Gauloise-romaines, Hôtel Drouot Sale, Paris, 13 June 1952, lot 127. Ex Münzen & Medaillen, Basel. From Rollin & Feuardent (William Talbot Ready), London. Acquired privately from Jean Vinchon, Paris. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 15mm. Circa 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Petra mint; struck circa 8/7 BC-AD 15/6. Laureate head to right / Crossed cornucopiae; Aramaic letter ḥēth in between. Meshorer, Nabataea 70; CN 96. 1.39gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Group of Two [2] AR Sigloi of Achaemenid Empire. 5th-4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Various types. 10.75gr total.
Condition as seen.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London.
