LOT 3890
Phrygia, Kibyra(?) AE 11mm. 2nd-1st centuries BC.
Helmeted head of Athena to right / [K?]-I, eagle standing to right. Cf. SNG von Aulock 3719; cf. BMC 16; cf. HGC 7, 720. Near Very Fine.(1.15gr, 11mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3890
Phrygia, Kibyra(?) AE 11mm.
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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Kingdom of Axum, Anonymous AE Unit. Time of Ebana, circa AD 460-480.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
[CΛX ΛCΛ (interpretation uncertain - "King of the land of the Abyssinians" [much abbreviated]?)], crowned and draped bust to right, holding long cross; cross above / Inscription similar to TOYTO ΛPECH TH XѠPΛ ("may this please the country"), cross within circular border. Hahn & Keck 45; SACAM 283-320; H 36; AC 76. 0.61gr, 13mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Ionia, Magnesia as Maeandrum AE 13mm. Circa 300-200 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΑΡΧΙΑΣ (Archias), magistrate. Horseman charging to right, holding spear / Humped bull butting to left on ground line; [APXIAΣ] below. Imhoof-Blumer, Monnaies Grecques, p.291, 86. 2.62gr, 13mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC.
Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £210
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. 17.18gr, 25mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 94, 24 February 2022, lot 88. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
