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Lot 3124 Sale 124 Ancient Gold - Greek

Lydia, Alyattes, (c.610-550 B.C.), electrum 1/96th stater, (0.13 g), 3mm diam., Ephesos mint, Lydo-Milesian standard, obv. figural type of lion's paw, rev. incuse square punch with central dot, (cf.S.3405, Karwiese Series I, Group I (Ephesus), Weidauer -, SNG von Aulock 1805 [uncertain Ionia [Elektron II], M&M Auction Sale 10, Sammlung Elektron, 22 March 2002 [lot 70 as uncertain Ionia mint]). Very fine and rare.

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Lot 3125 Sale 124 Ancient Gold - Greek

Ionia, uncertain, (c.600-550 B.C.), electrum twenty-fourth stater (0.59 g) of the Lydo-Milesian standard, obv. head of lion right, in linear form, rev. incuse square punch, (cf.S.3465, Weidauer 122-3, Traite -, SNG Kayhan 708-10, Elektron I 30-2). Very fine and rare.

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Lot 3126 Sale 124 Ancient Gold - Greek

Ionia, uncertain, (c.600-550 B.C.), electrum twenty-fourth stater, figural type, (0.56 g), obv. lion's paw in dotted form, rev. incuse punch, (S.-, Weidauer -, SNG Kayhan 724, Rosen 283-4). Very fine and rare.

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Lot 3127 Sale 124 Ancient Gold - Greek

Ionia, Miletus, (c.600-550 B.C.), electrum trite, (4.67 g), obv. lion lying to left, head reverted, within rectangular striated border, rev. incuse two small squares, within star ornament or stellate pattern within, (cf.S.3439, Babelon I, 20 (pl.1, 14), cf.BMC 4 [Ionia] p.184, Pl.III, 4-5, cf.Weidauer 129 [described as hekte], SNG Kayhan 442, Pozzi 2464). Very fine, of great rarity.

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Lot 3128 Sale 124 Ancient Gold - Greek

Ionia, Miletus, (c.600-550 B.C.), electrum twenty fourth stater, 6mm, (0.59 g), Lydo-Milesian standard, obv. figural type of head of lion with mane facing, rev. incuse rectangular punch, (cf.S.3443, Klein 'Eine Sammlung griechischer Kleinmunzen' Nomisma 3, Berlin 1999, No.416; Weidauer -, Traite -, SNG Kayhan 453, M&M auction 20 October 2000 [lot 15] and Auction 10, 22 March 2002 No.33 [This Coin], another example J.P. Rosen Collection, M&M Sale 72, 6 October 1987 [lot 56] realised 1400 SFr.). Very fine and very rare.

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Lot 3129 Sale 124 Ancient Gold - Greek

Lesbos, Mytilene, 377-326 B.C., electrum hekte (2.53 g), obv. helmeted head of Athena three quarters facing, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet, earing and pearl necklace, rev. head of Hermes to right, chlamys around shoulders and petasos behind neck, all within linear square frame, (cf.S.4243, Bodenstedt 86 (dies -/h), HGC 6, 1012, SNG von Aulock 1709 and 7738, Traite II 2190 [same obv. die], SNG Cop. 319, Boston MFA 1733-4, Weber 5620). Very fine and rare.

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Lot 3130 Sale 124 Ancient Gold - Greek

Lesbos, Mytilene, 412-378 B.C., electrum hekte (2.55 g), Bodenstedt dates 396-394 B.C., obv. laureate head of Apollo to right, rev. female head (Hero) to right with long plait down neck within rectangular linear square, (cf.S.4243, Bodenstedt 70 (cf.dies f/**q*), SNG von Aulock 1713, SNG Fitz. 4353-4, BMC 103, Weber 5619, Boston MFA 1707). Very fine and rare.

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Lot 3131 Sale 124 Ancient Gold - Greek

Mysia, Kyzikos (Cyzicus), (c.550-450 B.C.), electrum stater on Phokaic standard (16.01 g), obv. heads of lion and ram, conjoined, back-to-back, below tunny fish to left, rev. quadripartite incuse punch mark (S.-, Weber -, Von Fritze 54, Greenwell 118, Boston MFA 1422 = Warren 1543, cf. SNG BN 190 (hekte), BMC -, Gillet -, Gulbenkian -, Jameson -, Myrmekion -, Rosen -). Lightly toned, very fine and very rare.

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Lot 3132 Sale 124 Ancient Gold - Greek

Sasanian King, Shapur II, (309-379), gold dinar, (7.30 g), Kabul mint type, obv. bust to right with crown, flowing hair type, rev. fire altar, text around, (Sellwood 31, cf.Gobl 1a/7 Pl.7, 107, Gobl 1309.4 ["Kushan Gold"] very similar dies). Light golden toning, extremely fine and rare.

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Lot 3133 Sale 124 Ancient Gold - Greek

Egypt, Kingdom of, Ptolemy III Euergetes, (246-222 B.C.), gold octadrachm or mnaeion, (27.82 g), Alexandria mint, commemorative issue struck under Ptolemy IV 221-205 B.C. obv. radiate diadem bust of Ptolemy III to right, wearing aegis with trident over left shoulder, middle prong ends in lotus finial, dotted border, rev. radiate and filleted cornucopiae, **DI* below dotted border, around **PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS*, (S.7825, Sv.1117, BMC 103-4 [p.56], SNG Cop.196). Well centred, extremely fine, with underlying mint bloom, very rare.

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Lot 3134 Sale 124 Ancient Gold - Greek

Zeugitania, Carthage, (c.350-320 B.C.), electrum tenth stater, (0.65 g), obv. palm tree with fruit, dotted border, rev. horse head to right, three dots lower right, dotted border, (S.6461, Jenkins Group III No.159 - 173 ff [similar dies, p.89-90, Pl.6], SNG Lloyd 1613, Pozzi 3290-1). Off centred, nearly extremely fine and rare.

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