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LOT 3919
Phoenicia, Tyre AR Half Shekel. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6.
Laureate head of Melkart to right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing to left on prow, palm frond in background. Cf. HGC 10, 358. Good Fine.(5.88gr, 19mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3919
Phoenicia, Tyre AR Half Shekel.
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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Kings of Bithynia, Prusias II Cynegos AE 21mm. 182-149 BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Wreathed head of Dionysos to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠΡΟYΣIOY, the centaur Cheiron standing to right, playing kithara; monogram below raised foreleg. HGC 7, 629. 5.38gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
![Group of Eight [8] Bukhara Mint, Mansur bin Nuh, Samanid AE Fals.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/262231-s.jpg)
Group of Eight [8] Bukhara Mint, Mansur bin Nuh, Samanid AE Fals. AH 350-366.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: group of eight Fals Samanid coins from the Bukhara mint. 15.88gr total, 20-23mm.
As Shown.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Palmyrene, Palmyra AE 10mm. Circa 2nd-3rd centuries AD. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £35
Helmeted bust to right / Astarte(?) standing in galley facing, holding cornucopia in left hand and wreath in right. Unpublished in the standard references. 0.82gr, 10mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
