LOT 2658
Ancient Greek Coins - Seleukid Kingdom - Alexander I Balas - Elephant AE Unit 152-145 B.C.
Antioch mint. Obv: head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy. Rev: BASILEWS ALEXANDROY above and beneath elephant walking left; AB monogram beneath belly. Good fine.(1.89 grams.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, dealer.
PublishedHoughton Coll. I, 205; BMC 57-58; SNG Copenhagen 266.
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LOT 2658
Ancient Greek Coins - Seleukid Kingdom - Alexander I Balas - Elephant AE Unit
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Ancient Greek Coins - Kushan Empire- Time of Kadphises-Vima Takto - Horseman AE Tetradrachm 80-113 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £99
Time of Kadphises-Vima Takto. Obv: helmeted and draped bust left, holding sceptre in raised hand, Kharosthi "vi" to left, tamgha to right, all in bead and reel border. Rev: king on horseback right, raising hand, tamgha to right. 12.44 grams.
Very fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, dealer. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonia - Alexander III (the Great) - Countermarked Zeus AR Tetradrachm 195-194 B.C.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £44
Aspendos, Pamphylia mint, posthumous issue, dated year 18. 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 IH in left field. 15.82 grams.
Near very fine.
Ex UK private collection. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Illyria - Dyrrhachium - Cow AR Drachm 200-30 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Magistrates Philostratos and Damenos. Obv: FILOSTRATOS legend with cow standing right, looking back at calf suckling to left, corn ear to right, bunch of grapes below. Rev: [DYR] DAMHNOS around double stellate pattern in double linear square. 3.19 grams.
Near very fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, dealer.
