Silver - 26th October 2011

Lot 617

Istros

Estimate £80 - £120 | Hammer £80

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Description

Istros, silver Quarter-Stater, c. 400-350 BC, conjoined heads, rev. eagle on dolphin, 1.3gms (Sear 1670); Islands off Thrace, Thasos, silver Trihemiobol (c. 412-404 BC), Satyr kneeling left, holding kantharos, rev. Amphora, 0.9gms, pierced behind head in ancient times as test; Euboia, Histiaia. silver Tetrobol, 3rd-2nd centuries BC, head of Histiaia right, rev. nymph seated on stern of galley, 1.2gms; Miletos, Twelfth-Stater, 6th century BC, lion head right, rev. star, 1.1gms; other fractional silver (3), and Illyrian Drachm, mostly fine. (8)