Ancient Gold
Lot 4313 Session 15 (7.30pm Friday) Ancient Gold
Estimate $1,600
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $1,500
LYDIA, uncertain king, issued before 561 B.C. and probably c.575 B.C., electrum trite or third stater, (4.696 grams) of Lydian-Milesian (Phoenician standard), probably issued at Sardis, obv. head of roaring lion to right, knob with three rays on forehead, rev. double incuse punch, (S.3398, BMC 7 [p.2], Weidauer [Essays to Robinson] Class XVI, SNG Cop. 449-451, ACNAC Rosen 231, ACNAC Dewing 2421-3). Very fine and rare.
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Lot 4311
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Lot 4312
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Estimate $1,800
Lot 4313 This lot
LYDIA, uncertain king, issued before 561 B.C. and probably c.575 B.C., electrum trite or third ...
Estimate $1,600
Lot 4314
LYDIA, uncertain king, issued before 561 B.C. and probably c.575 B.C., electrum hekte or sixth ...
Estimate $750
Lot 4315
EGYPT, Kingdom of, Ptolemy I, (323-283 B.C.), gold pentadrachm, issued 284-283 B.C., (17.76 grams), Alexandria ...
Estimate $6,800