LOT 3012
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AE Unit. 336-323 BC. Uncertain mint.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ between bow in quiver and club; uncertain control. Cf. Price 2110 (monogram). Good Fine.(5.75gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Parthenon Gallery and Coincraft, London, UK, 1990s-2000s.
Property of a North London, UK, private collector.
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Cyprus, Salamis. Nikokreon AE Unit. Struck circa 332/1-323 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, club above quiver-within-bow; ΣA above, A below. Price 3143; Zapiti & Michaelidou 12; Tziambazis 19. 6.45gr, 17mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Rabbel II, with Shuqailat II 16mm. Attributed to year 6 (AD 75/6). Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Jugate busts of Rabbel II, laureate and draped and Shuqailat II, laureate, veiled and draped to right / Crossed cornucopiae, 'Rabbell Shuqailat' in Aramaic in two lines; 'his mother' in Aramaic below. Meshorer, Nabataea 146; CN Type 223; Barkay, Rabbel 18. 3.07gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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. Lydo-Milesian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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. 5.48gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
