LOT 2284
Ancient Greek Coins - Pamphylia - Aspendos - Triskeles AR Stater 460-420 B.C.
Obv: warrior or hoplite, helmetted, naked, walking right, holding spear in right hand, shield on left arm, turtle between his legs. Rev: EST above triskeles of human legs left rotating left, lion crouching left behind it. Near very fine; banker cut to reverse edge. Unpublished obverse mark.(10.88 grams.).
ProvenanceEx UK private collection.
LiteratureUnpublished with turtle, EST and triskeles left combination, although several known: cf. CNG auction, June 2022, lot 220; cf. CNG auction 437, February. 2019, lot 137; et al.
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LOT 2284
Ancient Greek Coins - Pamphylia - Aspendos - Triskeles AR Stater
Estimate £250 - 350€290 - 410 (for guidance only)$340 - 470 (for guidance only)
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Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonia - Alexander III (the Great) - Countermarked Zeus AR Tetradrachm 195-194 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £140
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. 16.18 grams.
Very fine.
Ex UK private collection. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Parthia - Orodes II - AR Drachm 57-38 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Mithradatkart mint. Obv: profile bust. Rev: seated archer with MT monogram over ʘ below bow and legend in seven lines. 3.82 grams.
Good very fine.
Ex Hirsch sale 152, lot 899 (part). Property of a Harrow, UK, 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.
