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LOT 3307
Group of Six [6] Kushan and Indo-Greek AE Coins. 2nd century BC.
Group comprising: silver Drachm; bronzes (5; mixed issues and types). Fine-Good Fine.(71.50gr total, 14-26mm.).
ProvenanceAcquired UK market.
Ex property of a Hertfordshire, UK, gentleman.
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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 Apparently unpublished and possibly unique.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. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AE Unit. 359-336 BC. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Diademed young male head to right / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, youth on horseback to right; uncertain monogram below. Cf. HGC 3, 882. 5.63gr, 18mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Drachm. Struck under Menander or Kleitos, circa 322-319 BC. Kolophon mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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; [spearhead in outer right field], barley grain beneath throne. Price 1751. 3.14gr, 16mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine. Areas of delamination.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
