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LOT 2657
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. Extremely Fine. Very well struck, a superb example.(17.3gr, 24mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceAcquired from Baldwins, UK.
Property of a Kent lady.
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Mysia, Parion AR Drachm. 5th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Facing gorgoneion with protruding tongue / Irregular pattern within quadripartite incuse square. SNG BnF 1351-2; SNG von Aulock -. 3.23gr, 13mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Time of Alexander III to Philip III AR Tetradrachm. Circa 324/3-320 BC. Arados mint. Struck under Menes or Laomedon in the name and types of Alexander III.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
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, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; Σ in left field, monogram of AP (civic) beneath throne. Price 3316; Duyrat Group IV, Series 4. 17.01gr, 29mm, 8h.
Extremely Fine. A well-centred example struck on a large flan.
Acquired from Baldwins, UK. Property of a Kent lady. -
Phoenicia, Sidon AE 16mm. 110-52 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Struck CY 55(?) (57/6 BC). Turretted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche to right / Phoenician galley to left; above, date above ΣΙΔΩΝΙΩΝ; Phoenician legend below. Cf. HGC 10, 292. 3.41gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
