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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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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Darios II AR Siglos. Circa 455-420 BC. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV, Group A. Lydo-Milesian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group A. 5.45gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AR Tetradrachm. Struck under Menes or Philotas, circa 327-323 BC. Tarsos mint.
Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, legs spread, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; plow in left field, pellet beneath left arm. Price 3016; Newell, Tarsos 25. 17.18gr, 25mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. Circa 104-79 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
B[...]AΔPOY around inner circle containing anchor / 'Yehonatan the King' in Paleo-Hebrew around lily. TJC N; Sofaer 214-9; Hendin GBC 6, 6184; Hendin GBC 5, 1148. 2.58gr, 14mm.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
