LOT 2602
Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonia - Alexander III (the Great) - Countermarked AR Tetradrachm 209-208 or 208-207 B.C.
Posthumous issue, Perga, Pamphylia mint, local year 13-14. Obv: head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress; Seleukid anchor countermark on ear. Rev: ALEXANDROY with Zeus seated left, right leg drawn back, holding eagle and sceptre; date mark I Γ, altered in antiquity to year I Δ, in left field. Good fine.(16.02 grams.).
ProvenanceEx UK private collection.
LiteraturePrice 2895-2896; Mueller 1231; Mektepini hoard 512-513 (Year 13).
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LOT 2602
Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonia - Alexander III (the Great) - Countermarked AR Tetradrachm
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
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Ancient Greek Coins - Bithynia - Calcedon - Bull AR Drachm 387-340 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Obv: bull standing left on ear of corn(?), monogram before it, KAA(?) in field above. Rev: incuse granulated quadripartite square. 3.73 grams.
Good very fine.
Ex UK private collection. -
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. -
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Ancient Greek Coins - Euboea - Histiaia - AR Group [2] Circa 171 B.C.-168 A.D.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Obvs: profile bust. Revs: female figure reclining on prow. 3.32 grams total.
Very fine.
Acquired on the German art market around 2000. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
