LOT 3130
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AR Drachm. Struck under Menander, circa 324/3 BC. Sardes mint.
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 low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; monogram of EY in left field, rose beneath throne. Price 2553; ADM I Series IX. Very Fine.(4.26gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 2000s.
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Nabataea, Anonymous AE 16mm. Circa 3rd-2nd century BC. Petra(?) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Imitating staters of Alexander III of Macedon. Helmetted head of Athena to right / Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm; [crescent above Λ(?)] in left field. Cf. CN 2; HGC 10, 671. 3.54gr, 16mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos IV Epiphanes AE 33mm. 169-168 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint. 'Egyptianizing' series.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Laureate head of Zeus-Serapis to right, wearing tainia with Osiris cap at tip / Eagle with closed wings standing to right on thunderbolt; BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY to right, ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ to left. SC 1413; Houghton 118; Newell, SMA 59; HGC 9, 643. 34.20gr, 33mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Phokis, Federal Coinage AR Triobol. Circa 352-351 BC. Struck under the tyrant Phayllos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £332
Head of bull facing / Φ-Ω, laureate head of Apollo to right; behind, lyre. BCD Lokris-Phokis -; Williams 404 (O262?/R234). 2.42gr, 15mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Lightly toned. Sharply struck and with nice details.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
