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 - Mysia - Kyzikos - Portrait Bronze 222-235 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Obv: KYZIKOC legend with head of Kyzikos right, hair bound in a taenia. Rev: KYZIKHNWN DIC NEOKORWN legend with altar between two serpent-entwined torches with corn-ears and poppy at the torch heads. 10.45 grams.
Near very fine.
Acquired Hirsch, Munich, before 2002. Property of a Harrow, UK, gentleman. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonia - Alexander III (the Great) - AR Tetradrachm 315-294 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Amphipolis mint. Obv: head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress. Rev: ALEXANDROY legend with Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre; L over torch in left field and HG monogram beneath chair. 16.89 grams.
Near very fine.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonia - Alexander III (the Great) - Countermarked Zeus AR Tetradrachm 189-188 B.C.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £56
Aspendos, 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; AS over K Δ in left field, eagle standing left beneath throne. 16.33 grams.
Good fine.
Ex UK private collection.
