LOT 3683
Group of Fifteen [15] Greek and Other Ancient AE Coins. 2nd century BC-4th century AD.
Various rulers and cities. Near Fine to Good Very Fine.(77gr total.).
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
From a private collection, Switzerland; thence by descent.
From a private collection, since the late 1990s.
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LOT 3683
Group of Fifteen [15] Greek and Other Ancient AE Coins.
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
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Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
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. 16.77gr, 25mm, 9h.
Good Very Fine. Rough surfaces. Some deposits.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Thrace, Maroneia AE 16mm. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Wreathed head of Dionysos to right / Dionysos standing to left, nude but for chlamys draped over his arm, holding grape bunch and two narthex stalks; MAPΩNITΩN to right. HGC 3.2, 1541. 4.63gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. Ptolemy I Soter, as satrap, AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 320/19-315 BC. Arados mint. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / [Α]ΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, 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; AP (civic) monogram in left field. Price 3426 (Byblos); Taylor, Reattribution 294–307. 16.40gr, 28mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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