LOT 2595
Ancient Greek Coins - Attica - Athens - Owl AR Tetradrachm After 449 B.C.
Obv: head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves and palmette. Rev: AʘE with owl standing right, head facing; to left, olive sprig and crescent; all within incuse square. Good extremely fine, almost as struck.(17.17 grams.).
ProvenanceEx UK private collection.
LiteratureSNG Copenhagen 31-35; Kroll 8. Svoronos pls. 12-13 passim; Sear 2526.
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LOT 2595
Ancient Greek Coins - Attica - Athens - Owl AR Tetradrachm
Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
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Ancient Greek Coins - Parthia - Mithradates II - Seated Archer Drachm 123-88 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Obv: diademed bearded bust left. Rev: ΒΑΣΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΕΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΘΕΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ legend in five lines. 3.91 grams.
Near extremely fine.
Acquired TimeLine Auctions, 2016, lot 2057. The Kusmirek Collection, UK. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Pamphylia - Aspendos - Wrestlers AR Stater 330-250 B.C.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £67
Obv: two naked athletes, wrestling, grasping each other by the arms; KI between them. Rev: ESTFEDIIY legend with slinger advancing right; triskeles rotating left in right field, all within dotted square. 10.97 grams.
Very fine.
Ex UK private collection. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonia - Alexander III (the Great) - Countermarked AR Tetradrachm 199-198 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Phaselis, Lycia mint, dated year 20. Obv: head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress; Seleukid anchor countermark on head. Rev: ALEXANDROY with Zeus seated left, right leg drawn back, holding eagle and sceptre; F in left field, K beneath chair. 15.94 grams.
Good fine.
Ex UK private collection.
