LOT 3011
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AE Unit. Struck circa 330-320 BC. Byblos(?) mint.
Head of Herakles in lion-skin headdress to right / Club and bow in bowcase; ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ between, monogram of AP(?) below. Cf. Price 3427. Near Very Fine.(6.66gr, 20mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Tetradrachm. Circa 323-318/7 BC. Babylon mint. Struck under Archon, Dokimos, or Seleukos I, in the types of Alexander III.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; M in left field, B beneath throne. Price P182; Waggoner Issue III, obv. die 204. 17.00gr, 26mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Porous obverse, graffiti on reverse.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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. -
Northwestern Arabia, Lihyan AE 'Tetradrachm'. 2nd-1st centuries BC. Imitating Athens.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Stylised head of Athena to right, upward crescent on cheek / Owl standing to right, head facing; olive spray to left. Cf. Huth, Athenian, fig. 5, e; cf. Huth 40. 10.52gr, 23mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
