LOT 2913
Illyria, Apollonia AR Drachm. Circa 80/70-48 BC.
ΑΡΙΣΤΩΝ (Ariston) and ΛΥΣΗΝΟΣ (Lysenos), magistrates. Cow standing to left, head reverted, suckling calf; APIΣTΩN above; monogram of AP in exergue / Double stellate pattern in double linear quadrangle; AΠOΛ ΛΥ-ΣΗ-ΝΟΣ around. Ceka 27; Maier 63; P&G 66. Very Fine.(3.24gr, 18mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Seleucid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AR Tetradrachm. 121/0-97/6 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Ake-Ptolemais mint; struck circa 121-113 BC. Diademed head to right; within fillet border / ΒAΣΙΛEΩΣ ΑNTIOXOY EΠIΦANOYΣ, Zeus Ouranios, draped, standing facing, head to left, holding star in outstretched right hand and long sceptre in left; crescent above, monogram of ΔΑΡ in field; all within laurel wreath border. SC 2336.2; HGC 9, 1197h. 16.59gr, 30mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Lustrous metal, lightly toned.
Acquired in the USA, November 2010. -
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera AE Obol-40 Drachmai. Circa 51-30 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
Alexandria mint. Diademed and draped bust to right / KΛEOΠATPAC BACIΛICCHC, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left, M to right. Svoronos 1872; Weiser 184-5; SNG Copenhagen 422-4; Noeske 383. 9.47gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Tooled.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Macedon under Roman Rule AR Tetradrachm. Circa 95-70 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Uncertain mint. Aesillas, quaestor. Head of the deified Alexander III 'the Great' to right; Θ behind neck, MAKEΔONΩN around / AESILLAS Q, money chest, club, and chair; pellet beneath chair; all within laurel wreath. SNG Copenhagen 1330 var. (no pellet); HGC 3.1, 1110. 15.18gr, 30mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex Numismatik Naumann, Auction 71, 4 November 2018, lot 97.
