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LOT 2653
Euboia, Histiaia AR Tetrobol. 3rd-2nd centuries BC. Reduced standard.
Wreathed head of nymph Histiaia to right / [ΙΣΤΙ]-ΑΙΕΩΝ, nymph seated to right on stern of galley. HGC 4, 1525. Very Fine.(1.65gr, 12mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy I Soter AE Obol. Struck circa 290-282 BC. Alexandreia mint. Pre-Reform, Series 1.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head of the deified Alexander to right, wearing elephant skin headdress / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with open wings standing to left on thunderbolt; monogram of XA to left. CPE B43; Svoronos 235; Weiser -; SNG Copenhagen 54-5; Noeske 33. 7.41gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AE Unit. Circa 336-323 BC. Uncertain Macedonian mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ; above, bow inside quiver to left; below, club above A. Price 297. 6.35gr, 21mm, 9h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AE Unit. 336-323 BC. Uncertain mint in Macedon. Lifetime issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ between club to right and quiver to left; bunch of grapes to left, above; Δ, below. Price 283 var. (Δ above, grape bunch below). 7.83gr, 18mm, 9h.
Near Extremely Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished in Price and possibly unique.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
