LOT 2267
Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonia - Alexander III (the Great) - Countermarked Zeus AR Tetradrachm 197-196 B.C. or 187-186 B.C.
Aspendos, Pamphylia mint, posthumous issue, dated year 16 or 26. 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 IC or AS over KC in left field. Very fine.(16.47 grams.).
ProvenanceEx UK private collection.
LiteratureAS over IC: Price 2895; Mueller 1208; Mektepini hoard 565-568. AS over KC: Price 2906; Tell Kotchek hoard 597-598.
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LOT 2267
Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonia - Alexander III (the Great) - Countermarked Zeus AR Tetradrachm
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Ancient Greek Coins - Apameia Phrygia - Eagle Bronze 133-48 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Magistrate Kokos. Obv: helmeted and cuirassed bust of Athena right. Rev: APAMEWN KWKOY above and beneath eagle standing right, wings spread, star above, all on maeander pattern between two piloi, each surmounted by a star. 8.35 grams.
Very fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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Ancient Greek Coins - Parthia - Orodes I - AE Drachm 89-78 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Obv: profile bust left. Rev: seated archer with inscriptions around. 3.92 grams.
Good very fine.
Ex Hirsch sale 152, lot 899 (part). Property of a Harrow, UK, gentleman. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonia - Alexander III (the Great) - Countermarked AR Tetradrachm 186-185 B.C.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Phaselis, Lycia mint, dated year 33. Obv: head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress, countermark of Seleukid anchor. Rev: ALEXANDROY legend with Zeus seated left, right leg drawn back, holding eagle and sceptre; F over L Gamma in left field. 15.93 grams.
Near very fine.
Ex UK private collection.
