LOT 3435
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AE Unit. Struck circa 323-319 BC. Miletos mint.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion's skin headdress / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟY, bow in bow-case above club; below, grain ear. Price 2102; SNG Copenhagen 1054; Müller 569; HGC 3.1, 950a. Very Fine.(5.58mm, 18mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceEx Münzzentrum Rheinland.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Thrace, Mesambria AR Diobol. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Crested helmet facing / M-E-T-A within spokes of wheel; rays around. Karayotov I 37-94; HGC 3, 1560. 1.15gr, 11mm, 12h.
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 late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Cilicia, Adana AE 18mm. Circa 164-27 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Veiled head of Demeter to right / ΑΔΑΝΕΩΝ, horse prancing to left; to left monogram of ΔΙΧΟ and in exergue, monogram of ΔΟΥ. Cf. SNG BN 1851-3 (monograms); cf. SNG Levante 1211. 5.62gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera AE Diobol-80 Drachmai. Circa 51-30 BC. Alexandria mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Diademed and draped bust to right / BAΣIΛIΣΣHΣ [KΛEOΠATΡAΣ], eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left, Π (mark of value) to right. Svoronos 1871; SNG Copenhagen 419-21. 12.42gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Heavily tooled and smoothed.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
