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Sale 136    29 Jul–1 Aug 2024   Dixson Room, State Library of NSW   Sydney

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Lot 2455    SESSION 12 (9.30AM THURSDAY 1ST AUG)    Gold

Estimate $1,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au

IONIA, Phokaia, (c.400-330 B.C.), electrum hekte or sixth stater, (c.335 B.C.), (2.54 g), obv. head of Omphale to left in lion skin, club at shoulder and seal below, rev. quadripartite incuse square, (cf.S.4533, Bodenstedt 107, SNG Cop. 1029, Boston 1917, BMC 55, Traite 2,11,2123). Good very fine, very rare.

Ex Kunker Auktion 376, lot 4729. With tickets.

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  • Lot 2453  

    IONIA, uncertain (Phokaia?), (c.625-600 B.C.), electrum twenty-fourth stater (0.66 g) of the Milesian standard, geometric ...

    Estimate $500

  • Lot 2454  

    IONIA, Phokaia, (c.521-478 B.C.), electrum hekte or sixth stater, (2.59 g), obv. archaic helmeted head ...

    Estimate $600

  • Lot 2455   This lot

    IONIA, Phokaia, (c.400-330 B.C.), electrum hekte or sixth stater, (c.335 B.C.), (2.54 g), obv. head ...

    Estimate $1,000

  • Lot 2456  

    IONIA, Phokaia, (c.387-326 B.C.), electrum hekte or sixth stater, (2.52 g), obv. head of nymph ...

    Estimate $800

  • Lot 2457  

    IONIA, Phokaia, (c.387-322 B.C.), electrum hekte or sixth stater, (2.39 g), issued in 327 B.C. ...

    Estimate $600