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LOT 3744
The Thracian Chersonese, Madytos AE Chalkous. Circa 350 BC.
Bull butting to right / M-A [Δ Y], hound seated to right; above, vine leaf. BMC 2 var. (star on reverse); SNG Copenhagen 926. Very Fine. Very rare.(1.80gr, 13mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3744
The Thracian Chersonese, Madytos AE Chalkous.
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£25 (EUR 29; USD 34) +BP*
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Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Drachm. Late 5th-4th centuries BC.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £75
Facing head of Medusa with tongue protruding and snakes as hair / Upright anchor; crayfish to left, A to right. Topalov, Apollonia p. 337, 7; HGC 3.2, 1323. 3.27gr, 14mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Islands off Ionia, Samos AR Tetradrachm. Dated RY 3 (452/1 BC) (restoration era date).
Estimate: £8,000 - 10,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £4,444
Facing lion scalp / Forepart of ox to right; ΣA above, olive branch to left, Γ (date) below; all within incuse square. Barron Class VII, 72a (A33/P72) (this coin); Slg. O'Hagan 591 (this coin); Coll. Berlin (Fox coll.); HGC 6, 1190. 12.96gr, 24mm, 9h.
Near Extremely Fine. Amazing old cabinet tone. Well centred and of fine style. Extremely rare date (no other examples on CoinArchives).
Ex Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, 23 March 1896, lot 592. Ex Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, 4 May 1908, lot 591. From Hyman Montagu (1844-1895) collection. From Henry Osborne O'Hagan, Esq. (1853-1930) collection. Ex Cahn, 1951. Ex Bourgey Emile, Collection de Monnaies Grecques Gauloise-romaines, Hôtel Drouot Sale, Paris, 13 June 1952, lot 127. Ex Münzen & Medaillen, Basel. From Rollin & Feuardent (William Talbot Ready), London. Acquired privately from Jean Vinchon, Paris. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm. Struck as Strategos or king of Asia, in the name and types of Alexander III. Magnesia ad Maeandrum, circa 319-305 BC.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £63
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ to right, monograms in left field and below throne. Price 1967; Müller 790. 4.26gr, 17mm, 11h.
About Good Very Fine. Light cabinet tone.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 97, 26 May 2022, lot 178. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
