LOT 3090
Cyprus, Salamis. NIkokreon AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 323-317 BC. In the name of Philip III of Macedon, the types of Alexander III.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; rudder in left field, T beneath throne. Zapiti & Michaelidou 29; Price P130 corr. (T not K); Newell, Some 12; Tziambazis 19 var. (no letter beneath throne). Near Very Fine. 'A' graffito on reverse.(16.70gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Justin II and Sophia AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis. Dated RY 10 (AD 574/5). Cyzicus mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
D N IVSTI-NVS P P A[VG], Justin II, holding globus cruciger in his right hand, and Sophia, holding cruciform sceptre in her right hand, seated facing on double throne; cross between / Large K between A N N O X (date); above, cross; below, KYZ. DOC 133; MIB 51a-b; SB 373. 7.25gr, 22mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany. -
Kings of Parthia, Mithradates I AR Tetradrachm. Dated SE 173 (140/139 BC). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint.
Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
Diademed and draped bust of Mithradates I to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ME-ΓAΛOY APΣA-KOY ΦIΛEΛ-ΛHNOΣ, Herakles standing to left, holding skyphos in his right hand and club and lion skin in his left; monogram of APT in outer left field; Γ[ΟΡ] (date) in exergue. Sellwood 13.3; Shore 36; Sunrise 261. 15.57gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Minor deposits. Rare.
Swiss private collection, acquired in 1992. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander AR Tetradrachm. 336-323 BC. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
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 low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; monogram in left field. Price -. 16.54gr, 25mm, 10h.
Near Extremely Fine. Apparently unpublished and possibly unique.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
