LOT 2934
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 353-294 BC.
Head of Athena to right, wearing disc earring, 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 and crescent moon in upper left field, all within incuse square. HGC 4, 1599. Good Very Fine.(16.95gr, 23mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos IV Epiphanes AE 21mm. 169-168 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Radiate and diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY in two lines to right, ΘEOY EΠIΦANOVΣ in two lines to left, eagle standing right. SC 1415; HGC 9, 655. 9.63gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Thrace, Maroneia AE 16mm. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Wreathed head of Dionysos to right / Dionysos standing to left, nude but for chlamys draped over his arm, holding grape bunch and two narthex stalks; MAPΩNITΩN to right. HGC 3.2, 1541. 4.63gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AE 19mm. Uncertain mint in Macedon, 359-336 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Diademed male head to left / Youth on horseback to right; ΦIΛIΠΠOY above, uncertain symbol below. 5.60gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
