LOT 2672
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AR Drachm. 336-323 BC.
Miletos mint. Struck under Philoxenos, circa 325-323 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, legs spread, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; monogram of ΔΗ in left field. Price 2090; ADM I Series I. Near Very Fine.(3.92gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Bristol gentleman.
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Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 104-76 BCE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Jerusalem mint. "Yehonatan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews" in paleo-Hebrew within wreath / Two cornucopiae splayed outward, adorned with ribbons; pomegranate/poppy between. Hendin 6182; TJC R; Sofaer 355-369. 1.87gr, 14mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos IV Epiphanes AE 32mm. 175-164 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Antioch on the Orontes mint. Struck 169-168 BC. "Egyptianizing" series. Laureate head of Zeus-Serapis to right, wearing tainia with Osiris cap at tip / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ, eagle with closed wings standing to right on thunderbolt. SC 1413; HGC 9, 643. 35.77gr, 32mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kings of Cappadocia, Ariobarzanes II Philopator AR Drachm. 63-52 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Mint A (Eusebeia-Mazaka). Dated RY 7 (57/56 BC). Diademed head of Ariobarzanes to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ APIOBAPZANO ΦIΛOΠATOPOΣ; Athena Nikephoros standing to left; in exergue, Z (date). Simonetta 1; HGC 7, 851. 3.61gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Die break on obverse, double struck on reverse.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
