LOT 2263
Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonia - Alexander III (the Great) - Countermarked Zeus AR Tetradrachm 213-212 B.C.
Phaselis, Pamphylia mint, posthumous issue, dated year 9. 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; Θ over F in left field, O beneath chair. Good very fine.(16.51 grams.).
ProvenanceEx UK private collection.
LiteraturePrice 2845; Prokesch-Osten 53.
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LOT 2263
Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonia - Alexander III (the Great) - Countermarked Zeus AR Tetradrachm
Sold for (Inc. bp): £133
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Ancient Greek Coins - Himyararites - Amdan Bayan Yahaqbi - AR Issue 100-120 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Raidan mint. Obv: bare head right within torque. Rev: "MDNIBYNI RYDN" around small head right, sceptre to right. 1.24 grams.
Near very fine.
Property of a North London gentleman. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Thebes - Boeotia - Shield AR Hemidrachm 425-375 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £51
Obv: Boeotian shield. Rev: kantharos, with O - EB across fields; club above. 2.47 grams.
Near very fine.
Ex UK private collection. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Cappadocian Kingdom - Ariobarzanes I - Athena AR Drachm 95-63 B.C.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
Dated Year 28. Obv: diademed, elderly head of the king right. Rev: BASILEWS ARIOBARZANOY to right and left with FILORWMAIOY below, Athena standing left, holding Nike, spear and shield; TA monogram in left field, date KH in exergue, (off flan). 4.40 grams.
Near very fine.
Ex UK private collection.
