LOT 2382
Ancient Greek Coins - Mysia - Parion - Gorgoneion AR Hemidrachm 500-450 B.C.
Obv: head of gorgoneion facing. Rev: irregular incuse punch. Very fine.(3.06 grams.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London gentleman.
LiteratureSNG Copenhagen 256. BMC 3.
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LOT 2382
Ancient Greek Coins - Mysia - Parion - Gorgoneion AR Hemidrachm
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonia - Alexander III (The Great) - Countermarked AR Tetradrachm 190-189 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Aspendos, Pamphylia mint, dated year 23. Obv: head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress. Rev: ALEXANDROY legend with Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre; countermark of head of Helios facing; AS over K Gamma in left field. 16.11 grams.
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 - 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.
