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LOT 3125
Thrace, Bisanthe AE 13mm. 3rd century BC.
Veiled head of Demeter to right, wreathed with grain / BI within grain wreath, ΣΑΝ below. Schönert-Geiss 38-41; HGC 3.2, 1367 (ΣΑΝ not mentioned). Near Very Fine. Very rare.(2.06gr, 13mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3125
Thrace, Bisanthe 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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Mysia, Lampsakos AR Diobol. Circa 350-300 BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Janiform female heads, with central earring / Inscription around, helmeted head of Athena to right. Cf. SNG Arikantürk 622-6. 1.25gr, 11mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AR Drachm. Struck circa 301/0-300/299 BC. Abydos mint. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left; in left field, forepart of lion left above monogram; below throne, head right, wearing Phrygian cap. Thompson 65 var. (monogram); Müller -; Price 1582 var. (same); HGC 3, 1751c; SNG Saroglos 726. 4.38gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Lykian League, Masikytes AR Hemidrachm. Circa 28-18 BC.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Bids: 7 | Current Bid: £75
Laureate head of Apollo to right; Λ-[Y] across fields / Kithara; M-A across fields, tripod in lower right field; all within shallow incuse square. RPC I 3310; Troxell, Lycian League, Period IV, Series 6, 110; Müseler XI, 39-40. 1.71gr, 17mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 100, 28 July 2022, lot 456. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
