LOT 2609
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC.
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring, pearl necklace and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig with berry and crescent moon in upper left field, all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31; HGC 4, 1597. Good Very Fine. Nice light old cabinet tone.(17.16gr, 26mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a West London, UK, gentleman.
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. Ptolemy I Soter, as satrap, AR Tetradrachm. 323-305 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
Memphis or Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 323/2-317/1 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right 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; rose in left field, ΔIO (moneyer's signature) beneath throne. Svoronos -; Zervos Issue 2B; Price 3971 var. (position of O); SNG Copenhagen 7 var. (same). 17.14gr, 27mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Group of Six [6] Eastern mints AR Coins. 5th-4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Including fractions from Arabia, Judaea and a reproduction. 18.25gr total.
Near Very Fine to Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Lydia, Tralleis AE 20mm. 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Uncertain magistrate. Laureate head of Zeus to right / Illegible inscription, eagle standing to right on thunderbolt, wings spread. Cf. GRPC 23 (ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΣ). 4.13gr, 20mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
