LOT 3743
The Thracian Chersonese, Madytos AE Dichalkon. Circa 2nd century BC.
Head of Hekuba to left / M-A Δ Y, chelys, bunch of grapes(?) to left. HGC 3.2, 1509. Near Very Fine. Extremely rare.(3.28gr, 15mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3743
The Thracian Chersonese, Madytos AE Dichalkon.
Estimate £70 - 90€81 - 104 (for guidance only)$95 - 122 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£35 (EUR 41; USD 47) +BP*
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Mysia, Kyzikos AE 11mm. 3rd century BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of Kore to right, wearing sphendone / KY-ZI, tripod; below, tunny fish to right; monogram to right. Von Fritze, Gruppe I, 4. 1.19gr, 11mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Cilicia, Uncertain Mint AR Hemiobol. Circa 4th century BC.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £35
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Male deity, half nude, seated to left on throne, holding patera and sceptre, flanked by two sphinxes. Unpublished in the standard references but cf. Leu 13, 458 = Roma E-79, 334. 0.27gr, 7mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; the third known example.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 118, 8 April 2024, lot 664. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes II to Artaxerxes III AR Siglos. Circa 375-340 BC. Sardes mint. Lydo-Milesian standard.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group C; cf. BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 19; Sunrise 33-6. 5.41gr, 15mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
