LOT 2314
Ancient Greek Coins - Attica - Athens - Owl AR Tetradrachm After 449 B.C.
Obv: helmeted head of Athena right, full eye, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet ornamented with three laurel leaves and vine scroll. Rev: AQE to right of owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig with two leaves and one berry, and crescent moon behind, all within incuse square. 5/8 in. (2.09 grams, 17 mm.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
LiteratureSNG Copenhagen 31-35; Kroll 8. Svoronos pls. 12-13 passim; Sear 2526.
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LOT 2314
Ancient Greek Coins - Attica - Athens - Owl AR Tetradrachm
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
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Ancient Greek Coins - Sicily - Naxos - Dionysus AR Litra 530-490 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Obv: bearded head of Dionysus left with pointed beard and long hair. Rev: NASION legend with bunch of grapes. 0.81 grams.
Good very fine.
New Forest collector, 1980s. UK private collection. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonia - Alexander III (The Great) - Zeus AR Tetradrachm 325-323 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Uncertain mint, lifetime issue. Obv: head of Herakles right in lionskin headdress. Rev: ALEXANDROU legend to right of Zeus seated left on backless throne, holding eagle and sceptre; uncertain symbol in left field. 15.44 grams.
Good fine.
Ex Stroud. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Persian - Kneeling Archer Kind AR Siglos 5th-4th Century B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Period of Darius III to Ataxerxes I. Obv: bearded kneeling archer king right with spear. Rev: oblong incuse punch. 5.49 grams.
Fine.
UK private collection, 1990s.
