LOT 2603
Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonia - Alexander III (the Great) - Countermarked AR Tetradrachm 208-207 B.C.
Posthumous issue, Phaselis, Lycia mint, dated year 11. Obv: head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress. Rev: ALEXANDROY legend with Zeus seated left, right leg drawn back, holding eagle and sceptre; date IA over Phi in left field, O beneath throne; Seleukid anchor countermark to obverse. Good very fine.(16.06 grams.).
ProvenanceEx UK private collection.
PublishedSee Wildwinds.com (this coin).
LiteraturePrice 2850; Heipp 123-125.
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LOT 2603
Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonia - Alexander III (the Great) - Countermarked AR Tetradrachm
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
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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, KAΛX above. Rev: incuse quadripartite granulated square. 3.79 grams.
Good very fine.
Ex UK private collection. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Attica - Athens - Owl AR Tetradrachm After 449 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
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. 17.17 grams.
Good extremely fine, almost as struck.
Ex UK private collection. -
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.
