Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 4244 SESSION 16 (9.30AM FRIDAY 29TH JULY) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $3,500
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $4,000
LESBOS, billon stater, Persian standard, (c.520-500 B.C.), (11.08 g), obv. laurel bush between two calf's heads confronted, rev. small four-part incuse square, (S.3486, BMC 46, Trait? pl. 15, 14, SNG von Aulock 1682, HGC 6, 1076). Nearly extremely fine and very rare.
Ex Baldwin's Auctions as "The New York Sale" Auction IV, January 17, 2002 (lot 201), described as extremely fine. Last example sold in Coin Archives was in 2018 for SFr.3800.
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