LOT 3067
Ionia, Phokaia AR Diobol. Circa 521-478 BC.
Head of nymph to left, wearing sakkos / Quadripartite incuse square. Klein 452; SNG Copenhagen 389-394 (as uncertain mint); SNG Kayhan 522. Extremely Fine. Well-centred; one of the most beautiful specimens and with attractive old cabinet toning.(1.26gr, 10mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Tetradrachm. Circa 323-318/7 BC. Babylon mint. Struck under Archon, Dokimos, or Seleukos I, in the types of Alexander III.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed 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; M in left field, B beneath throne. Price P182; Waggoner Issue III, obv. die 204. 17.00gr, 26mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Porous obverse, graffiti on reverse.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Pontos, Amisos AE 29mm. Time of Mithradates VI Eupator, circa 90-85 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Head of Athena to right, wearing Attic helmet / Perseus standing facing, holding harpa and Medusa's head; Medusa's body at his feet, monogram of MET to left, monogram of ZEA to right. HGC 7, 238. 18.14gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany. -
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (AD 41/2). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Three ears of corn; L Ϛ (date) across fields / BACIΛЄധC AΓPIΠA, canopy. RPC I, 4981; TJC 120; Hendin GBC 6, 6274; Hendin GBC 5, 1244; Sofaer 153-6. 2.56gr, 17mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
