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 - Alexandria - Ptolemy III - Zeus-Ammon AE35 246-221 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Alexandria mint. Obv: diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right. Rev: PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS legend with eagle standing left on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia in left field, chi-rho monogram between legs. 33.24 grams.
Very fine.
Ex UK collection. Accompanied by an old coin ticket. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Pontos, Amisos - Time of Mithradates VI - AE Eupator Circa 85-65 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Obv: bust of Amazon to right, wearing wolf's skin headdress. Rev: AMI-ΣOY Nike advancing to right, holding palm branch over far shoulder in left hand and wreath in right; to left, star and crescent. 7.93 grams.
Good very fine.
European collection, 1990s. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonia - Alexander III (The Great) under Kassander - Zeus AR Tetradrachm Circa 310-307 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Amphipolis mint. Obv: head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev: Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding sceptre; Λ above bucranium in left field, monogram below throne, ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ to right. 17.12 grams.
Good very fine.
Ex inventory of a Bavarian merchant. Ex Roma Numismatics, sale 73, lot 265. Accompanied by an old coin ticket.
