LOT 2952
Islands off Ionia, Chios AR Drachm. Struck circa 290-275 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; to left, M within circle above grape bunch. Price -, cf. 2325 (slightly differing monogram). Very Fine.(3.76gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AE 19mm. After circa 300 BC. Seleukeia on the Tigris mint; 1st workshop.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Helmeted head of Athena to right / Elephant standing to right; [monogram above], P below. SC 128b; HGC 9, 83. 7.63gr, 19mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Kings of Cappadocia, Ariarathes III AE 20mm. Circa 230-220 BC. Tyana mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Head of Ariarathes III to right, wearing bashlyk / ΑΡΙA[..?], horseman galloping to right, brandishing spear; before, palm tree; monogram and TYANA(?) below. Simonetta -; HGC 7, -. 4.78gr, 20mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; variety not in the standard references.
Property of a UK gallery. -
Moesia, Istros AR Drachm. Circa 280-255 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Two young male heads facing, right head inverted / Sea-eagle to left, clutching dolphin in its talons; IΣTPI[H] above, ΦΥ below. SNG Stancomb 148; Dima Subgroup VI, pl. 19, 1-7; AMNG I.1, 425; HGC 3.2, 1803. 5.05gr, 17mm.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
