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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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Lydo-Milesian standard. 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. Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 17. 5.56gr, 15mm.
Near Very Fine. Countermarks on both sides and uncertain legend on reverse.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Obodas II, with Hagaru I AR Drachm. Dated RY 18 (13/2 BC). Petra mint.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Diademed and draped bust of Obodas to right; 'Obodas, king of the Nabataeans. Year 18' in Aramaic around; hēth behind / Jugate draped busts of Obodas and Hagaru to right; hēth behind. Meshorer, Nabataea 34; Huth -; DCA 965. 4.19gr, 18mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Euboia, Histiaia AR Tetrobol. Circa 350-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Wreathed head of the nymph Histiaia to right, wearing pendant earring and necklace / ΙΣΤ[Ι]-ΑΙΕΩΝ, Nymph seated to right on the stern of galley decorated with wing; below, trident to left and M. BCD Euboia 394; HGC 4, 1524. 2.30gr, 15mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Lightly toned.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
