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LOT 3843
Troas, Birytis AE 21mm. 4th-3rd century BC.
Bearded head of Kabeiros to left, wearing pilos / BIPY, club within wreath. SNG Arikantürk 354-60; SNG Ashmolean 1075. Near Very Fine.(6.40gr, 21mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3843
Troas, Birytis AE 21mm.
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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Kingdom of Axum, Ebana AV Unit. Circa AD 460-480.
Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
⧾ CΛX ⧾ ΛCΛ ⧾ CΛC ⧾ CIN (interpretation uncertain - "King of the land of the Abyssinians" [much abbreviated]?), crowned bust to right, holding stick, grain ears flanking; within circular border / ⧾ CΛC ⧾ ΛCΛ ⧾ BCC ⧾ ΛNΛ ("King Ebana"), draped bust to right, wearing headcloth, holding fly-whisk, grain ears flanking; within circular border. Hahn & Keck 43; SACAM 255-76; H 34; AC 71-3; Vaccaro 38 (Esbael). 1.59gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics, e-sale 96, 5 May 2022, no.459. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Mysia, Miletopolis AE 20mm. 2nd-1st centuries BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Helmeted head of Athena to right / MIΛΗΤΟΠOΛITΩN, double-bodied owl standing facing. SNG Arikantürk 668-71; SNG BnF 1302; SNG Copenhagen 249; SNG von Aulock 1311. 4.82gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
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Lydia. Ifes, Lydian usurper(?) AR Hemiobol. Circa 450/425-400 BC. Uncertain mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Youthful male head to left / 'Ifelim' in Lydian above grain of wheat. M. Egetmeyer: Eine neue Münze mit lydischer Inschrift, in: Kadmos 51 (2012), Heft 1, 175-178, illustration 1-2 = Gemini VIII (2011), 98 (misattributed to Salamis on Cyprus). 0.36gr, 6mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
