LOT 2582
Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonia - Alexander III (the Great) - Countermarked AR Tetradrachm 189-188 B.C.
Posthumous issue, Aspendos, Pamphylia mint, dated year 24. 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 AS over K Γ in left field. Good fine.(16.03 grams.).
ProvenanceEx UK private collection.
LiteraturePrice 2902; Mueller 1215; Propontis hoard 98-99; Tell Kotchek hoard 593; Prokesch-Osten 256.
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LOT 2582
Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonia - Alexander III (the Great) - Countermarked AR Tetradrachm
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
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Ancient Greek Coins - Illyria - Cow and Calf AR Drachm 235-222 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Obv: cow left with calf and ΑΡΙΣΤΩΛ above. Rev: double stellate pattern with inscription around. 2.74 grams.
Good fine.
From an old English collection formed before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Parthian - AR Contemporaty imitation Drachm Circa 2nd-1st century B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £47
Contemporary imitation of archer king seated type. Obv: head of Satrap left. Rev: garbled legend, king sitting right, holding bow. 3.61 grams.
Good fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, dealer. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Indo-Scythian - Azes I or II - King Seated Tetradrachm 58-2 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Obv: BASILEWS BASILEWN MEGALOY AZOY legend with Azes sitting facing, cross-legged on couch with sword on lap, holding statuette in extended right hand. Rev: 'Maharajasa Rajadhirajasa Mahatasa Ayasa' in Karoshti with Hermes standing front, looking left, holding caduceus in left hand and raising his right hand; monograms to left and right. 10.34 grams.
Good fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, dealer.
