LOT 3673
Group of Four [4] Sasanian Kingdom AR Drachms. 5th century AD.
Various mints and dates. Condition as seen.(15.56gr total.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market circa 2015.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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Kingdom of Macedon, Time of Philip II to Antipater & Alexander V AE Unit. Circa 359-294 BC. Uncertain mint in Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Diademed head of Apollo to right, A behind / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, youth on horseback to right; ⵙP below. Cf. SNG ANS 927-8 (no A); HGC 3, 882. 7.35gr, 18mm, 2h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Thrace, Maroneia AE 15mm. Circa 398-346 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Horse prancing to right; monogram below / ΜΑΡ-ΩΝΙ-ΤΩΝ, legend around grape arbor within linear square border; monogram below. Evelpidis 962-3; SNG Copenhagen 632; Schönert-Geiss, Maroneia 721-923; BMC -. 3.85gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 86, 8 July 2021, lot 424 (since professionally cleaned). Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AR Tetradrachm. Struck under Antipater, circa 325-323/2 BC. Amphipolis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
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; to left, cock standing to left. Price 79; Troxell, Studies, Issue E3. 16.25gr, 28mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
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