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LOT 3031
Attica, Athens AR Drachm. Circa 454-404 BC.
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves and palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing; to left, olive sprig; all within incuse square. Cf. Kroll 10; HGC 4, 1631. Fine.(3.63gr, 15mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AE Unit. 359-336 BC. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Diademed young male head to right / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, youth on horseback to right; uncertain monogram below. Cf. HGC 3, 882. 5.63gr, 18mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Phoenicia, Arados AR 1/3 Stater. Circa 380-351/0 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Laureate head of Melkart to right / Galley over waves. Cf. Betlyon 26 (Stater). 3.08gr, 12mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleukis and Pieria, Chalkis ad Libanum AE 20mm. Dated year 2 of the Pompeian Era (63/2 BC). ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΣ ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΗΣ ΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΥΣ (Ptolemaios, son of Mennaios), tetrarch and archiereus.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Laureate head of Zeus to right / The Dioskouroi standing facing one another, each holding spear; [L B] ΠTOΛEMA[I] to right, TETPAPX APXE(sic) to left; all within wreath. DCA 473; HGC 9, 1440. 5.19gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
