LOT 2608
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AE Quarter Unit. 336-323 BC.
Uncertain mint in Macedon. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ between club to right above and bow in bow-case to left below; eight-rayed star above. Price - (cf. 272, denomination); SNG Alpha Bank -. Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; apparently unpublished and possibly unique variant.(1.29gr, 12mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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![Group of Ten [10] Greek AE Coins.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/224523-s.jpg)
Group of Ten [10] Greek AE Coins. 3rd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Various cities. 65gr total.
Near Fine to Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes 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 / Oblong incuse punch; countermark: 118. Carradice Type IV, Group B (pl. XIV, 43); BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 7; Sunrise -. 5.38gr, 20mm.
Near Very Fine.
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. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 18mm. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Petra mint; dated RY 4 (6/5 BC). Laureate head to right; Aramaic ḥēth and [semkath] flanking neck / Huldu standing to left, raising her right hand; date to right, Aramaic ḥēth and semkath across fields. CN 108; Meshorer, Nabataea 56. 5.78gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 529, 14 December 2022, lot 343; Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
