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
★ Ex Glendining & Co., 1988 ★
Bithynia, Herakleia Pontika AR Stater. In the types of Alexander III of Macedon. Circa 305-285 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / Dionysus seated to left on throne, holding kantharos in outstretched right hand and thyrsos in left; HPAKΛEΩΤΑΝ to right, monogram before. SNG Stancomb 825 (this coin); Recueil général I, 44, 1; cf. SNG BM Black Sea 1616-17 (diff. monograms); HGC 7, 456. 9.73g, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Rare.
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);
Ex Glendining & Co., 14 December 1988, lot 161.
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Bidding
| Price realized | 300 GBP |
| Starting price | 150 GBP |
| Estimate | 250 GBP |
The auction is closed.
