LOT 3730
Sicily, Syracuse AV Dekadrachm or 50 Litrae. Time of Agathokles circa 317-289 BC.
Laureate head of Apollo to left / ΣYPAKOΣ[IΩN], charioteer driving fast biga to right; triskeles running to right below. Bérend, Agathocle pl. 9, 1 var. (triskeles running to left); SNG ANS 549; HGC 2 1276. Extremely Fine. An attractive, bright example.(4.26gr, 14mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 118, 15 October 2002, lot 1130.
Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 136, 10 March 2008, lot 480.
Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 402, 14 March 2024, lot 588.
Acquired on the UK coin market.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3730
Sicily, Syracuse AV Dekadrachm or 50 Litrae.
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
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Persia, Achaemenid Empire AR 1/48 Stater. Time of Kyros - Darios I, in the types of Kroisos, circa 550-520 BC. Sardes mint.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Head of roaring lion to right / Irregular incuse punch. GRPC Lydia S13 = Naumann 66, 189; CNG E-432, 71; CNG E-392, 283; Roma Numismatics, e-104, 465. 0.13gr, 5mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea. Herodians, Herod III Antipas AE Half Unit. Dated RY 37 (33/4 CE). Tiberias mint.
Estimate: £700 - 900 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
HPΩΔOY TETPAPXOY, palm frond; L ΛZ (date) across field / TIBEPIAC in two lines within wreath. RPC I 4931; Bromberg I 33; Hendin 6243; Meshorer, AJC, 14; Sofaer 105-106. 5.35gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent. -
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Mysia, Lampsakos AE 10mm. 4th-3rd centuries BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Helmeted head of Athena to right; Λ-A below. Klein 274. 0.97gr, 10mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
