| Bruun Rasmussen > Online Auction 2409 | Auction date: 3 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 5008 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Ancient coins Greece The East Arabia Ancient Greece, Arabia Felix, Sabaeans and Himyarites, 3rd - 2nd cent. BC, Drachm, BMC p. 45 f., S 6112, 5.13 g, corr. - unusually nice esample of this interesting type imitating the Athenian drachma. VF Ex. Apollo to Apollo coll. Starting price: 2300 DKK |  |
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| Bruun Rasmussen > Online Auction 2405 | Auction date: 4 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 5005 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Ancient coins Greece The East Phoenicia Ancient Greece, Phoenicia, Shekel (Tetradrachm), Tyre, 117-116 BC (CY 10), HGC 10,357, BMC 67-68, DCA Tyre 24, 14.23 g - an outstanding example, superbly centered and of the best style - very scarce thus. The beautiful portrait shows the enigmatic, Phoenician god Melqart, who seems to be rooted in Ba'al but during the Hellenistic period gradually transforms into Heracles. VF Ex. Apollo to Apollo Collection; ex. CGF, Auction, March 1st, 2016. Starting price: 19000 DKK |  |
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| Bruun Rasmussen > Online Auction 2409 | Auction date: 3 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 5005 Price realized: 4,400 DKK (Approx. 640 USD / 590 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancient coins Greece Asia Minor Ancient Greece, Ionia, Uncertain, c. 625-600 BC, Electrum Hekte, cf. Rosen 314, SNG von Aul. 1777, BMC 45, 2.51 g - nice example of this enigmatic archaic type showing a raised clockwise swastika pattern VF Ex. Apollo to Apollo coll.; ex. CNG Auc. 334 (2014) Starting price: 4400 DKK |  |
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| Bruun Rasmussen > Online Auction 2349 | Auction date: 10 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 5157 Price realized: 1,400 DKK (Approx. 203 USD / 188 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancient coins Greece Celtig Central Europe and Asia Minor Lower Danube, uncertain tribe, c. 2nd-1st centuries BC, Drachm imitating Alexander III of Macedon, Lanz 896, 2.90 g - a fine example of the typically surrealistic Celtic style VF Ex. Apollo to Apollo Collection; ex. Poinsignon, Strasbourg, 2012 Starting price: 1400 DKK |  |
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| Bruun Rasmussen > Online Auction 2401 | Auction date: 7 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 5006 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Ancient coins Greece Asia Minor Ancient Greece, Lydian Kingdom, Kroisos, c. 564 - 539 BC, Gold Stater, Light standard, Sardes, SNG von Aulock 2875, 7.98 g, traces of mounting - perfectly centered and of fine style. NGC encapsulation 6639263-001, graded Choice VF, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 2/5. A lovely example of this famed issue which belong among the earliest numismatic miniature art works of the world. It is not only beautiful and enigmatic but also historically important, as it was struck during the reign of the legendary, enormously wealthy Lydian king, Kroisos, who financed one of the seven wonders of the world, the colossal temple of Arthemis in Ephesos. According to legend Lydia fell to the Persians, when Kroisos misinterpreted the oracle of Delphi, and Kroisos had to acknowledge the words of Solon that no man can praise himself happy until he lies in his grave. VF Ex. Apollo to Apollo Collection; ex. Cayon Subastas, 2010 Starting price: 75000 DKK |  |
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| Bruun Rasmussen > Online Auction 2409 | Auction date: 3 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 5004 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Ancient coins Greece Asia Minor Ancient Greece, Ionia, Teos, c. 490-465 BC, Stater, SNG von Aul. - (cf. 2254), SNG Cop. - (cf. 1436 f.), Balcer, cf. 27, Bab. 31, 11.96 g - a lustrous and detailed example of a rare variant. Very early and interesting type depicting the famous griffin, a legendary animal with the body, tail, and back legs of a lion, and the head and wings of an eagle. EF Ex. Apollo to Apollo coll.; ex. COFOP, France, July 1993 Starting price: 14000 DKK |  |
