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LOT 2638
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AE Unit. 336-323 BC. Uncertain mint in Macedon. Lifetime issue.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, quiver-over-bow to right and club to left; Δ above, monogram of AN below. Price 292. Extremely Fine.(6.78gr, 18mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Group of Twenty Nine [29] Greek AE Coins. 4th-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Comprising: various rulers and reverse types. 91gr total, 10-23 mm.
Fine to Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy I Soter AE Obol. Struck circa 290-282 BC. Alexandreia mint. Pre-Reform, Series 1.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head of the deified Alexander to right, wearing elephant skin headdress / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with open wings standing to left on thunderbolt; monogram of XA to left. CPE B43; Svoronos 235; Weiser -; SNG Copenhagen 54-5; Noeske 33. 7.41gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes II to Artaxerxes III AR Siglos. Circa 375-340 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Lydo-Milesian standard. Type IVc.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Persian king or hero in kneeling/running stance to right, holding dagger in his right hand and bow in his left / Rectangular incuse punch. Carradice Type IV C (pl. XV, 46-9); BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 19. 5.39gr, 13mm.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
