LOT 2269
Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonia - Alexander III (the Great) - Countermarked Zeus AR Tetradrachm 195-194 B.C.
Phaselis, Pamphylia mint, posthumous issue, dated year 24. Obv: head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress; Seleukid anchor countermark on head. Rev: ALEXANDROY legend with Zeus seated left, right leg drawn back, holding eagle and sceptre; K Δ in left field. Very fine.(16.18 grams.).
ProvenanceEx UK private collection.
LiteraturePrice 2867; Mueller 1192; Propontis hoard 82; SNG Cop 166; Tell Kotchek hoard 571-573.
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LOT 2269
Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonia - Alexander III (the Great) - Countermarked Zeus AR Tetradrachm
Sold for (Inc. bp): £140
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Ancient Greek Coins - Pamphylia - Aspendos - Wrestlers AR Stater 330-250 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £152
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. 10.95 grams.
Very fine.
Ex UK private collection. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Countermarked Coin Ingot 2nd century B.C. or later
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
A silver coin ingot with sub-circular body. Obv: traces of head of Dionysos right. Rev: three counterstamps: a turtle, letter A above a bucranium, and IM as individual letters or PM (monogram). 19.5 grams.
Marks very fine.
German collection before 2000. Collection of Mr D.H., formed in UK, from the EU art market. Property of a Surrey gentleman.
For the countermarks, A over bucranium is known on a tetradrachm of Alexander III and the turtle is often seen on coins of Pontos, Pamphylia and Thessaly. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Corithia - Electrotype Stater 20th century A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Eletrotype copy, original issue struck 375-300 B.C. Obv: helmeted head of Athena left, Δ beneath neck truncation (should be Γ). Rev: Pegasus flying left, koppa below. 6.32 grams.
Near as made.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
