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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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. -
Sasanian Kingdom. Peroz I AR Drachm. AD 457/9-484.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
DA (Dārābgird) mint. Struck circa AD 477-484. Bust to right, wearing crown with two wings, frontal crescent, and korymbos set on crescent, ribbon over each shoulder / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. Cf. SNS type IIIb/1e. 4.09gr, 27mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos I Soter AR Tetradrachm. 281-261 BC. Seleukeia on the Tigris mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Diademed head to right / ΒAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY, Apollo Delphios, nude but for chlamys draped from his waist, wearing laurel wreath and seated on omphalos to left, testing arrow with his right hand and resting his left on a bow leaning against the omphalos behind; to left, monogram of AP; to right, monogram of XA inside circle. SC 379.3c; HGC 9, 128g. 16.57gr, 28mm, 4h.
Very Fine. Toned. Well centred.
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.
