LOT 3196
Troas, Gargara AE 17mm. Circa 400-284 BC.
Laureate head of Apollo to right; c/m: bucranion(?) / ΓΑΡ, horse prancing to left. SNG Copenhagen 332; SNG von Aulock -; Obolos 38, 241 (hammer: 333 GBP). Near Very Fine. Extremely rare with horse prancing to left and one of the few examples from Gargara countermarked. Only one other example on CoinArchives.(4.03gr, 17mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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The Thracian Chersonese, Cardia AE 12mm. 357-309 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Lion standing to left / ΚΑΡ-ΔΙΑ, barleycorn within square frame. HGC 3, II, 1482. 1.62gr, 12mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Sicily, Morgantina(?) AE 19mm. Carthaginian occupation, circa 212-211 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter to right / Horse galloping to right. Cf. HGC 2, 175 (Akragas). 6.29gr, 19mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Macedon, Terone Fourrée Tetrobol. Circa 490-460 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Oinochoe to left, with bunch of grapes hanged on its body / Quadripartite incuse square. For prototype cf. SNG ANS 746; HGC 3.1, 709. 1.98gr, 15mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.
