Auction XIX – 26 - 27 March 2020
The William Stancomb Collection, Celtic, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, British and...
Part 1: Th, 26.03.2020, from 11:00 AM CET
Part 2: Fr, 27.03.2020, from 11:00 AM CET
The auction is closed.
Part 2: Fr, 27.03.2020, from 11:00 AM CET
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Description
Thrace, Mesembria AR Diobol. 4th century BC. Crested Corinthian helmet facing / M-E-A-T anticlockwise within four-spoked wheel. SNG Stancomb 222 (this coin); cf. Karyatov I, 37-78; cf. HGC 3.2, 1560. 1.19g, 11mm.
Good Very Fine. An amusing misspelling of the city’s ethnic.
From the William Stancomb Collection; this coin published in Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume XI, The William Stancomb Collection of Coins of the Black Sea Region (Oxford, 2000);
Acquired from A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd., 1989.
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Bidding
| Price realized | 320 GBP |
| Starting price | 45 GBP |
| Estimate | 75 GBP |
The auction is closed.
