LOT 2640
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AE Unit. 336-323 BC. Uncertain mint in Macedon. Lifetime issue.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ between club to right and quiver to left; bunch of grapes to left, above; Δ, below. Price 283 var. (Δ above, grape bunch below). Near Extremely Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished in Price and possibly unique.(7.83gr, 18mm, 9h.).
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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LOT 2640
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AE Unit.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
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Uncertain East. Fourrée Imitation of Tetradrachm of Athens. Mid-late 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Helmeted head of Athena right, with profile eye and pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, οwl standing to right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to left; all within incuse square. For a similar example, see CNG, e-558, 194 (not fourrée). 13.86gr, 22mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
Another similar example in terms of style and low weight in relation to our lot could be the CNG, e-558, 194. That coin is 'An intriguing imitation of Athens's pi-style coinage,...reminiscent of early Mesopotamian imitation. The weight is quite low, but the coin is not a fourrée, which suggests it is intentionally at this weight, which may equate to a local standard, close to that of a Phoenician shekel' (CNG note). -
Euboia, Histiaia AR Tetrobol. 3rd-2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Wreathed head of the nymph Histiaia to right / [IΣTIA]IEΩN, nymph seated to right on stern of galley; wing on prow. BCD Euboia 387ff.; HGC 4, 1524. 1.85gr, 13mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Drachm. Late 5th-4th centuries BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Gorgoneion facing, with protruding tongue and snakes as hair / Upright anchor; in field to right, crayfish. SNG Copenhagen 453; SNG BM Black Sea 157 var. (no 'A'); HGC 3.2, 1323 var. (same). 3.28gr, 13mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
