LOT 3875
Islands off Ionia, Samos AR Tetradrachm. Dated RY 3 (452/1 BC) (restoration era date).
Facing lion scalp / Forepart of ox to right; ΣA above, olive branch to left, Γ (date) below; all within incuse square. Barron Class VII, 72a (A33/P72) (this coin); Slg. O'Hagan 591 (this coin); Coll. Berlin (Fox coll.); HGC 6, 1190. Near Extremely Fine. Amazing old cabinet tone. Well centred and of fine style. Extremely rare date (no other examples on CoinArchives).(12.96gr, 24mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceEx Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, 23 March 1896, lot 592.
Ex Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, 4 May 1908, lot 591.
From Hyman Montagu (1844-1895) collection.
From Henry Osborne O'Hagan, Esq. (1853-1930) collection.
Ex Cahn, 1951.
Ex Bourgey Emile, Collection de Monnaies Grecques Gauloise-romaines, Hôtel Drouot Sale, Paris, 13 June 1952, lot 127.
Ex Münzen & Medaillen, Basel.
From Rollin & Feuardent (William Talbot Ready), London.
Acquired privately from Jean Vinchon, Paris.
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LOT 3875
Islands off Ionia, Samos AR Tetradrachm.
Estimate £8,000 - 10,000€9,280 - 11,600 (for guidance only)$10,800 - 13,500 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£4,444 (EUR 5,156; USD 6,000) ‡+BP*
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Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AE 19mm. 359-336 BC. Uncertain mint.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Diademed head of Apollo to right / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, rider to right; below horse, monogram. Cf. SNG Alpha Bank 395-7. 6.33gr, 19mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Thessaly, Trikka AR Hemidrachm. Circa 440-400 BC.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Thessalos, petasos and cloak tied at neck, holding band around head of forepart of bull to right / TPIK-KAI-ON (retrograde), forepart of bridled horse to right; all within incuse square. BCD Thessaly II 776.3-4 var. (arrangement of ethnic); HGC 4, 311. 2.43gr, 17mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Tetradrachm. 323-317 BC. Tarsos mint. Struck under Philotas or Philoxenos. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, legs spread, 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; in left field, Nike flying to right, holding wreath, above kerykeion; beneath throne, monogram of ΕΠ above Θ. Price 3048; Newell, Tarsos 54. 17.12gr, 26mm, 10h.
Good Extremely Fine. A well-struck coin with attractive golden toning.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
