LOT 2890
Apulia, Luceria AE Quadrunx. Circa 211-200 BC.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress; four pellets (mark of value) downwards behind / Quiver, club and bow; LOVCERI beneath club. HN Italy 679; SNG ANS 704-5; HGC 1, 608. Near Extremely Fine. Rare.(14.45gr, 24mm, 2h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Gutekunst Collection;
From an old UK collection;
From the collection of a London antiquarian.
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Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III 'the Great' AR Drachm. 336-323 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Miletos mint. Struck under Philoxenos, circa 325-323 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, left leg drawn back, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; ΔΗ monogram in left field. Price 2090; Müller 763. 4.14gr, 17mm, 11h
Near Very Fine.
From a UK private collection. -
Zeugitania, Carthage AE Dishekel. Circa 241-221 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
First Punic War. Head of Kore to left, wearing wreath of corn ears / Horse standing to right; radiate sun disk flanked by uraei above, Punic letter 'ayin' in right field. CNP 46d; MAA 47 V; SNG Copenhagen 260 var. (control). 12.21gr, 26mm, 12h
Very Fine. Attractive olive green patina.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Lucania, Metapontion AR Stater. Circa 510-470 BC.
Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Ear of barley with seven grains; META retrograde downwards to right; all within cable border / Incuse ear of barley with eight grains. Cf. Noe Class IX, 193; HN Italy 1482. 8.11gr, 24mm, 12h
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Chaponnière & Firmenich SA, Auction 16, 13 November 2022, lot 9b (dealer's ticket included); From a Swiss private collection, before 2005.
