LOT 2615
Argolis, Argos AR Triobol or Hemidrachm. Circa 80-50 BC.
ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΣ (Agathokleos), magistrate. Forepart of wolf at bay to right / A-ΓΑ-Θ-Ο-ΚΛΕΟΣ in three lines; large A; below, harpa to right; all within incuse square. BCD Peloponnesos 1170; HGC 5, 691. Near Very Fine.(1.90gr, 16mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes) AR Tetradrachm. 138-129 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head to right / Athena Nikephoros standing to left, resting hand on shield and spear under arm; ΒAΣΙΛEΩΣ ΑNTIOXOY in right field, EVEPΓETOV in left field; to outer left, mint monogram above monogram; O to inner right; all within wreath. SC 2061.4c; Lorber, Die, 802-6 (obv. die A100); HGC 9, 1067d. 16.18gr, 29mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 560, 17 April 2024, lot 222. -
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I Æ Prutah. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Jerusalem mint. BACIΛЄWC AΓPIΠA, canopy / Three ears of corn; L-Ϛ (date) across fields. RPC I 4981; TJC 120; Hendin GBC 6, 6274; Hendin GBC 5, 1244; Sofaer 153-6. 2.90gr, 17mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AE Quarter Unit. 336-323 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Uncertain mint in Macedon. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ between club to right above and bow in bow-case to left below; eight-rayed star above. Price - (cf. 272, denomination); SNG Alpha Bank -. 1.29gr, 12mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; apparently unpublished and possibly unique variant.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
