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LOT 3733
Thrace, Alopekonnesos AE 13mm. Circa 300 BC.
Head of female to right / Α-Λ-Ω, kantharos. HGC 3, 1303. Near Very Fine.(2.23gr, 13mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3733
Thrace, Alopekonnesos AE 13mm.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Persia, Achaemenid Empire AR Tetartemorion. Time of Artaxerxes II to Darios III, circa 400-332 BC. Kolophon(?) mint.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding spear and bow / Head of young male to right; K behind neck. Cf. Sunrise 99 (without K); CNG E- Auction 235/229, 2010 (Cilicia uncertain). 0.20gr, 6mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Axum, Anonymous AE Unit. Time of Ebana, circa AD 460-480.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
[CΛX ΛCΛ (interpretation uncertain - "King of the land of the Abyssinians" [much abbreviated]?)], crowned and draped bust to right, holding long cross; cross above / Inscription similar to TOYTO ΛPECH TH XѠPΛ ("may this please the country"), cross within circular border. Hahn & Keck 45; SACAM 283-320; H 36; AC 76. 0.61gr, 13mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Demetrios I Poliorketes AE Half Unit. 306-283 BC. Pella mint. In the types of Alexander III.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Macedonian shield with monogram of Demetrios on the boss / BA-ΣΙ, Macedonian helmet; pedum(?) to left. Newell 128; HGC 3, 1019. 4.18gr, 16mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
