LOT 2596
Ancient Greek Coins - Bithynia - Calcedon - Bull AR Drachm 387-340 B.C.
Obv: bull standing left on ear of corn(?), monogram before, KAΛX above. Rev: incuse quadripartite granulated square. Good very fine.(3.79 grams.).
ProvenanceEx UK private collection.
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LOT 2596
Ancient Greek Coins - Bithynia - Calcedon - Bull AR Drachm
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
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Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonia - Amphipolis - Shield AR Tetradrachm 158-150 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £293
Obv: diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver behind shoulder, all at the centre of a Macedonian shield decorated with three dots between stars in crescents. Rev: MAKEDONWN PRWTHS legend club to right, DYSHR monogram above, TKR monogram in lower left field, TYRE monogram in lower right field, all within oak wreath, thunderbolt in outer left field. 14.66 grams.
Very fine; obverse with adhesions.
Acquired on the German art market around 2000. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Cilicia - Kelenderis - Goat AR Stater 450-400 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Obv: Ephebus, unbearded, naked, holding whip, sitting sideways on horse galloping left; P below. Rev: KELE above goat recumbent left, head turned right towards a branch of ivy with leaf on one twig and large bunch of berries on the other. 10.67 grams.
Near very fine.
Ex UK private collection. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonia - Alexander III (the Great) - Countermarked AR Tetradrachm 186-185 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Phaselis, Lycia mint, dated year 33. Obv: head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress, countermark of Seleukid anchor. Rev: ALEXANDROY legend with Zeus seated left, right leg drawn back, holding eagle and sceptre; F over L Gamma in left field. 15.93 grams.
Near very fine.
Ex UK private collection.
