LOT 2398
Ancient Greek Coins - Perikle - Dynast - Triskeles AR Fraction 380-360 B.C.
Tetrobol (one third stater). Obv: lion's scalp facing. Rev: Lycian legend PEREKL^ with triskeles rotating left. Very fine.(2.77 grams.).
ProvenanceEx UK private collection.
LiteratureBMC 157; Rhousopoulos 4203-4205: Traité 534-536.
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LOT 2398
Ancient Greek Coins - Perikle - Dynast - Triskeles AR Fraction
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Ancient Greek Coins - Syracuse - Athena AE Litra 405-367 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Struck under Dionysios I. Obv: SYRA(KWSIA) legend with head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet. Rev: hippocamp left. 9.89 grams.
Good very fine.
Property of a North London gentleman. -
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 AR Tetradrachm 190-189 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £140
Aspendos, Pamphylia mint, posthumous issue, dated year 23. Obv: head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress; Seleukid anchor countermark on cheek. Rev: ALEXANDROY legend with Zeus seated left, right leg drawn back, holding eagle and sceptre; AS over K Γ in left field. 16.22 grams.
Near very fine.
Ex UK private collection.
