LOT 2611
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.(16.81gr, 24mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Tetradrachm. 323-317 BC.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Babylon mint. Struck under Archon, Dokimos, or Seleukos I, circa 323-318/7 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed 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; M in left field, ΛY beneath throne. Price 3692. 16.38gr, 26mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Xerxes I to Darios II AR Siglos. Circa 485-420 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Type IIIb (early). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch; countermark: similar to 72 & 73. Carradice Type IIIb, Groups A/B (pl. XII); Meadows, Administration 322; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 3; Sunrise 25. 5.53gr, 16mm.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii. -
Skythia, Olbia Cast AE Dolphin. Circa 500-450/25 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Dolphin / Dolphin. SNG Stancomb 334-337; SNG BM Black Sea 359-367. 3.30gr, 37mm x 12mm.
Very Fine.
From a private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. From Westminster collection, central London, UK.
The method of casting this unique type of coin was adopted by the Gallic Celts who originally came from this region. Dolphins were generally struck in the form of a "tree" attached to the tail, although some examples appear to have been cast individually.
