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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LOT 3196
Troas, Gargara AE 17mm.
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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Lucania, Thourioi AR Pentetetartemorion or 5 Tetartemoria. Circa 300-280 BC.
Estimate: £100 - 150 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet / [Θ]ΟΥ, T-in-Π (mark of value). HGC 1, 1272 (R3). 0.46gr, 8mm, 8h.
Very Fine. Edge chipped. Exceedingly rare denomination.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Lucania, Metapontion AE 16mm. Circa 250-207 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Athena Promachos advancing to right, brandishing spear and shield / Owl standing on grain ear to right, head facing; META upwards to left. Johnston, Bronze 68a; SNG Copenhagen 1254; HN Italy 1704; HGC 1, 1113. 3.40gr, 16mm, 5h.
Extremely Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Sicily, Gela AE Tetras or Trionkion. Circa 420-405 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΓΕΛΑΣ, head of the river-god Gelas to right; [barley grain behind neck] / Bull standing to left, head lowered, as if to charge; three pellets (mark of value) in exergue. Jenkins, Gela, Group VIII-IX, 499; CNS 9; HGC 2, 379. 4.64gr, 19mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
