LOT 2912
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AE Unit. 336-323 BC. Uncertain mint in Macedon.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, quiver-over-bow and club to right; Δ above, star below. Price 277 var. (club to left). Near Extremely Fine. Very rare.(7.04gr, 20mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Ionia, Teos AR Diobol. Circa 320-294 BC. ΜΕΝΤΩΡ (Mentor), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Griffin seated to right, right forepaw raised / ΤΗΙ ΜΕΝΤΩ[Ρ], chelys. Kinns 95 var. (magistrate's name downward to left). 0.92gr, 10mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Attractively toned with hints of blue iridescence around the devices on obverse.
Acquired in London in 2011. Private collection, Switzerland.
Teos came under the rule of the Achaemenids, when Cyrus II (559-529 BC) was king. The occupation by the Persians led to the exodus of a large part of the population of Teos, between 545 and 540 BC, to Thrace, where they participated in the rebuilding of the city of Abdera. The two cities struck similar silver coins with the depiction of the griffin, seated on the right for Teos and on the left for Abdera. -
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): £39
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. 5.57gr, 15mm.
Near Very Fine. Countermark on reverse.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Sikyonia. Sikyon AR Obol. Circa 340-320 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £140
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΣΙ, dove flying to right. BCD Peloponnesos 257-61. HGC 5, 226. 0.84gr, 12mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine. Well centred.
Ex Nomos AG, obolos 25, 23 October 2022, lot 188.
