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LOT 3840
Troas, Abydos AR Obol(?). Circa 480-450 BC.
ABY, eagle standing to left; star to right / Gorgoneion facing within incuse square. CN Online Type 2506; SNG Arikantürk 7. Very Fine.(0.39gr, 9mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceLondon, UK, art market, 1980s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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LOT 3840
Troas, Abydos AR Obol(?).
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Troas, Dardanos AR Hemiobol. Circa 5th century BC.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £30
Cockerel standing to left, on back of hen standing to left, preparing to mate / Incuse head of panther to left. Leu Web Auction 15, 341; CNG 90, 575; otherwise, unpublished. 0.39gr, 7mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
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. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm. Circa 310-301 BC. 'Kolophon' mint. Struck as Strategos or king of Asia, in the name and types of Alexander III.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £44
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; [AΛ]EΞANΔPO[Y] to right, monogram in left field, crescent below throne. Price 1825; Müller 275. 4.52gr, 18mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 94, 24 February 2022, lot 244. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
