Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 3517 Session 11 (9:30am Thursday) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $400
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $950
LYDIA, Sardis, time of King Croesus or later, (c.550-520 B.C.), silver half stater or siglos, (5.25 g), obv. confronting foreparts of lion, facing right, and bull facing left, rev. two incuse punches of unequal size, side by side, (S.3420, BMC 41, Traite pl.10, 9, SNG von Aulock 2877, I. Carradice, Coinage of the Persian Empire BAR Inter. Ser. 343, [1987], Pl.10, 3). Nearly very fine and rare.
Ex Alan Jordan Collection and purchased from Noble Numismatics Sale 74 (lot 4536).
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Lot 3517 This lot
LYDIA, Sardis, time of King Croesus or later, (c.550-520 B.C.), silver half stater or siglos, ...
Estimate $400
Lot 3518
CARIA, Knidos (Cnidos), (c.520-495 B.C.), silver drachm, (6.17 g), obv. forepart of lion to right, ...
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Lot 3519
CARIA, uncertain mint, (early 5th century B.C.), silver hemiobol, (0.60 g), obv. forepart of lion ...
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