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LOT 2730
Uncertain East. Fourrée Imitation of Tetradrachm of Athens. Mid-late 4th century BC.
Helmeted head of Athena right, with profile eye and pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, οwl standing to right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to left; all within incuse square. For a similar example, see CNG, e-558, 194 (not fourrée). Near Very Fine.(13.86gr, 22mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market.
Property of a London antiquarian.
Another similar example in terms of style and low weight in relation to our lot could be the CNG, e-558, 194. That coin is 'An intriguing imitation of Athens's pi-style coinage,...reminiscent of early Mesopotamian imitation. The weight is quite low, but the coin is not a fourrée, which suggests it is intentionally at this weight, which may equate to a local standard, close to that of a Phoenician shekel' (CNG note).
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LOT 2730
Uncertain East. Fourrée Imitation of Tetradrachm of Athens.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Kingdom of Lydia, Kroisos AR Stater-Double Siglos. Struck circa 561-546 BC. Sardes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,950
Confronted foreparts of lion to right, with extended right foreleg, and bull to left / Bipartite incuse squares of unequal size. GRPC Lydia S1; Berk 20; Traité I 407; SNG Kayhan 1018; SNG von Aulock 2874; SNG Copenhagen 455; SNG Ashmolean 760. 10.29gr, 19mm.
Near Extremely Fine. A beautiful example showcasing much of the battling creatures.
Acquired from Baldwins, UK (with coin ticket). Property of a Kent lady. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Xerxes I to Darius II AR Siglos. Circa 485-420 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (early), style B. Lydo-Milesian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Groups A/B. 5.44gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Countermark on reverse.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Seleucis and Pieria, Apameia AE 20mm. Dated SE 243 (70/69 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ Α[ΣΥΛΟΥ], elephant walking to right; ΓΜ[Σ] (date) to lower right. HGC 9, 1419; DCA 410. 6.72gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
