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LOT 3025
Phokis, Federal Coinage AR Triobol or Hemidrachm. Circa 357-354 BC. Struck under Philomenos.
Facing bull's head / Laureate head of Apollo to right, [Φ-Ω beneath truncation]; to left, laurel branch. BCD Phokis 463.1; HGC 4, 1046. Near Very Fine.(2.68gr, 13mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Gaul, Massalia AE 25mm. Circa 210-190 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Laureate head of Apollo to left; behind head, quiver / ΜΑΣΣΑΛΙΗΤ[ΩΝ], bull butting to right; above, strung bow with string below. BN 1563; F/Py GBM 22-3a. 11.33gr, 25mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
BACIΛЄധC AΓPIΠA, canopy / Three ears of corn; L Ϛ (date) across fields. RPC I, 4981; TJC 120; Hendin GBC 6, 6274; Hendin GBC 5, 1244; Sofaer 153-6. 2.64gr, 19mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ionia, Phokaia EL 1/6 of Stater or Hekte. Circa 625/0-522 BC.
Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
Forepart of bull to right, head to left; small seal above / Incuse square punch. Bodenstedt 9 (unlisted dies); Boston MFA -; BMC -; SNG von Aulock 7946. 2.58gr, 11mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Extremely rare, only seven examples noted by Bodenstedt.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction 6, Session 2, 29 September 2013, lot 623. Private European collection.
