LOT 2675
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AE Half Unit. 336-323 BC.
Uncertain mint in Macedon. Head of male to right, wearing tainia / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, horse prancing to right; HP monogram below. Price 369. Near Very Fine.(4.68gr, 17mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 12, 1 November 2014, lot 847.
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Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AR Drachm. 336-323 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Sardeis mint. Struck under Menander, circa 324/3 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / [AΛΕ]ΞΑΝΔΡΟ[Υ], Zeus seated to left on backless throne, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; torch in left field, monogram beneath throne. Price 2565; ADM I Series X. 4.07gr, 16mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Bristol gentleman. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left; countermark 196 and 'lvv' in Lydian within rectangular incuse / Oblong incuse punch; uncertain countermarks. Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 17. 5.56gr, 15mm.
Near Very Fine. Unpublished and apparently unique countermarked inscription in Lydian, bearing possibly a personal name.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii. -
Cimmerian Bosporos, Pantikapaion AR Triobol. Circa 480-470 BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
Lion's head facing / Irregular incuse square punch. Frolova Type I; SNG BM Black Sea 836; HGC 7, 31. 2.40gr, 11mm.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
