LOT 2634
Western Asia Minor, uncertain mint AR Diobol. Circa 6th-5th century BC.
Possibly Caria, uncertain mint or Ionia, Miletos. Forepart of roaring lion to left / Stellate pattern within incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references including HN Online. Very Fine. Apparently unpublished and possibly unique.(0.98gr, 9mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
FootnotesThe fact that the present coin has the same reverse stellate pattern as the Diobols of Miletos (cf. SNG Kayhan I 462-75 and SNG Copenhagen 953) and some of the silver coins of the satraps of Caria (cf. HN Online 2926), leads us to attribute its origin to one of these two regions.
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![Group of Seventeen [17] Mixed Ancient Greek Coins.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/224525-s.jpg)
Group of Seventeen [17] Mixed Ancient Greek Coins. 3rd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Various types. 54gr total.
Near Fine to Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 353-294 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring, pearl necklace and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig with berry and crescent moon in upper left field. HGC 4, 1599. 16.42gr, 24mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Group of Eleven [11] Greek AE Coins. 3rd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Various cities. 57gr total.
Near Fine to Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
