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LOT 2655
Euboia, Histiaia AR Tetrobol. 3rd-2nd centuries BC. Reduced standard.
Wreathed head of nymph Histiaia to right / ΙΣΤ[Ι]-ΑΙΕΩΝ, nymph seated to right on stern of galley decorated with wing. HGC 4, 1524. Near Very Fine.(1.81gr, 14mm, 11h.).
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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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 Extremely rare; unpublished in Price and possibly unique.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. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 17mm. Struck circa AD 17/8-39/40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Shaqilat, veiled and wearing Isis-headdress, standing to left, raising hand, wreath in left field, 'Shuqailat' in Nabataean in three lines in right field / Aretas in military dress, standing to left, holding spear and scabbard; palm branch to left, het in Nabataean in upper right field. Meshorer, Nabataea 97; CN Type 187d. 2.33gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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.
