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LOT 3810
Skythia, Olbia AE 10mm. Circa 325-320 BC.
Laureate head of Apollo to right / Dolphin to right; corn grain above. SNG SHM Moskau 754 corr. (Demeter); SNG Stancomb 358; SNG BM Black Sea 418; cf. HGC 3.2, 1924. Near Very Fine.(0.73gr, 10mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3810
Skythia, Olbia AE 10mm.
Estimate £20 - 40€23 - 46 (for guidance only)$27 - 54 (for guidance only)
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Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AR Drachm. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. 'Kolophon', circa 301-297 BC.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £83
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; [A]ΛEΞANΔΡOY to right, forepart of lion to left above crescent in left field, pentagram below throne. Price 1842; Thompson 120; SNG Copenhagen 909. 4.10gr, 18mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Subtle, old cabinet tone, a highly attractive example of a desirable type and among the very finest to come to auction in the past two decades.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 97, 26 May 2022, lot 234. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Kyrenaika, Kyrene AR Obol. Circa 510-490 BC. Attic standard.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Silphion fruit; above and below(?), pellet / Quadripartite incuse square. BMC -, cf. 9 (hemiobol); Boston MFA -; Buttrey 49; SNG Copenhagen -. 0.79gr, 8mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Illyria, Apollonia AE 19mm. Early-mid 1st century BC.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £35
Head of Dionysos to right; wreathed in ivy / [ΑΠΟΛΛΩ]-ΝΙΑΤΑΝ, filleted cornucopia; monogram to left. Mionnet II 58; HGC 3.1, 14. 6.94gr, 19mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
