LOT 2915
Illyria, Dyrrhachion AR Drachm. Circa 250-200 BC.
ΜΕΝΙΣΚΟΣ (Meniskos) and ΑΡΧΙΠΠΟΣ (Archippos), magistrates. Cow standing to right, head reverted, suckling calf; MENIΣKO[Σ] above, rudder in exergue / Double stellate pattern in double linear quadrangle; ΔYP AP-[XIΠ-ΠOY] around. Ceka 318; Maier 144; HGC 3, 40. Near Very Fine.(3.15gr, 18mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Minor Asia & Levante, PB Trial Strike(?). 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Incuse of jugate male bearded and wreathed(?) heads / Blank. 17.02gr, 24mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AR Tetradrachm. 359-336 BC.
Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Pella mint; struck circa 323-315 BC. Posthumous Issue. Laureate head of Zeus to left / ΦIΛIΠ-ΠOY, horseman riding to right, holding palm branch and bridle; beneath horse's foreleg, Θ. SNG ANS 430; SNG Alpha Bank 275; Le Rider 439. 13.75gr, 25mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare left-facing issue.
Private collection of a North London lady before 2000. Property of a London gentleman. -
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Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AR Tetradrachm. 359-336 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,690
Amphipolis mint. Posthumous issue. Struck under Kassander, circa 316-314 BC. Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΦΙΛΙΠ-ΠOΥ, nude youth, holding palm frond, on horseback to right; aplustre below, pellet-in-Π beneath raised foreleg. Le Rider pl. 46, 18; Troxell, Studies, Group 9, 323-5; SNG ANS 738-46. NGC graded AU Strike: 4/5 Surface: 4/5 Fine Style (#8221307-001).
Property of a County Durham collector; acquired on the UK art market.
