LOT 2605
Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonia - Alexander III (the Great) - Countermarked AR Tetradrachm 197-196 B.C.
Posthumous issue, Perga, Pamphylia mint, dated Year 25. Obv: head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress. Rev: ALEXANDROY with Zeus seated left, right leg drawn back, holding eagle and sceptre; date KE in left field; head of Helios facing countermark below. Good fine.(16.26 grams.).
ProvenanceEx UK private collection.
LiteraturePrice 2939; Müller 1241; Mektepini hoard 534; Propontis hoard 121-125.
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LOT 2605
Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonia - Alexander III (the Great) - Countermarked AR Tetradrachm
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
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Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonia - Alexander III (the Great) - Countermarked AR Tetradrachm 209-208 or 208-207 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
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. 16.02 grams.
Good 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. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Sicily - Motya - Trias 413-397 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Obv: facing bust of gorgoneion with three pellets below. Rev: palm tree. and Punic legend. 7.08 grams.
Very fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, dealer.
