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LOT 2653
Thrace, Ainos AR Diobol. Circa 458/7-455/4 BC.
Head of Hermes to right, wearing petasos / A-I, kerykeion within incuse square. May, Ainos 34-6; McClean 3810; HGC 3.2, 1273. Good Very Fine. Toned.(1.33gr, 9mm, 11h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Bithynia, Kalchedon AR Stater. Circa 367-340 BC.
Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Rhodian standard. Bull standing to left on grain ear right; KAΛX above, BA monogram to left / Quadripartite incuse square with stippled surface. SNG von Aulock 486. 14.72gr, 21mm.
Near Very Fine.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London. -
Cimmerian Bosporos, Pantikapaion AR Triobol. Circa 480-470 BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
Lion's head facing / Irregular incuse square punch. Frolova Type I; SNG BM Black Sea 836; HGC 7, 31. 2.40gr, 11mm.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch with uncertain design (scarab?). Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 17; for another example with similar reverse design cf. Leu Numismatik, Web 31, 704. 5.63gr, 16mm.
Near Very Fine. Very rare with this design on reverse.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
