LOT 3091
Thrace, Chersonesos AR Hemidrachm. Circa 357-320 BC.
Forepart of lion to right, head reverted / Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; in two sunken quarters: pellet and monogram, pellet. McClean -; HGC 3.2, 1437. Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unique variant.(1.92gr, 14mm.).
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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Troas, Gentinos AE 11mm. Circa 350-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Female head to right, wearing mural crown; crescent(?) before / Г-Е, bee in linear square. SNG Copenhagen 336 (crescent not mentioned); SNG Ashmolean 1141 (same). 1.41gr, 11mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Very rare mint.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Aeolis, Kyme AR Tetartemorion. Circa 480-450 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Head of horse to left / Quadripartite incuse square. SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; Rosen -; Klein 332 var. (hemiobol; head of horse to right). 0.18gr, 6mm.
Near Extremely Fine. Nicely toned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kingdom of Persis. Darev (Darios) II AR Obol. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Diademed bust to left, wearing tiara decorated with crescent / King standing to left before fire altar. K&M 4/6; Alram 565. 0.52gr, 11mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
