LOT 2935
Ionia, uncertain mint EL 1/48 Stater. Circa 600-550 BC.
Lydo-Milesian standard. Crab(?) / Incuse square with irregular lines within. Weidauer -; Elektron -; cf. Rosen 81 and 346-7 (1/6 and 1/96); cf. Traité I 114 = BMC 26 (1/96); SNG Kayhan -; SNG von Aulock -; Weber -. Near Very Fine.(0.35gr, 5mm).
ProvenanceFrom a Swiss private collection, before 2005.
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Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm. As strategos of Asia, 320-306/5 BC, or king, 306/5-301 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Lampsakos mint; struck circa 310-301 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔ[ΡΟΥ], Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; forepart of Pegasos to left in left field, AΛ beneath throne. Price 1394; ADM II Series XVIII; Müller 912. 4.07gr, 18mm, 10h.
Extremely Fine. Lightly toned.
Property of a North London, UK, collector. -
Apulia, Luceria AE Quadrunx. Circa 211-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress; four pellets (mark of value) downwards behind / Quiver, club and bow; LOVCERI beneath club. HN Italy 679; SNG ANS 704-5; HGC 1, 608. 14.45gr, 24mm, 2h
Near Extremely Fine. Rare.
Ex Gutekunst Collection; From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Nabataean Kingdom, AR Coin Group. 1st century BC.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Two silver coins of the Nabataean kingdom. 9.33gr total
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
