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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LOT 3130
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AR Drachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
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Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Drachm. Circa 480/78-450 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Light Thraco-Macedonian standard. Facing gorgoneion / Anchor; A and crawfish flanking. Cf. Topalov, Apollonia 44; SNG Ruse 253-4; HGC 3, 1323. 3.28gr, 14mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Judaea. Herodians, Herod I AE 2 Prutot. 40-4 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
ΗPΩΔOΥ ΒΑ[CΙΛΕΩC], closed diadem with cross at centre / Tripod table with flat object (vessel?) upon it; palm fronds flanking. Hendin 6213. 1.99gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kings of Bosporos, Rhadamsades and Licinius I BI Stater. Dated BE 615 (AD 318/19).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
RACIΛEΩC ΡΑΔΑΜC, diademed and draped bust to right / Laureate and draped bust of emperor to right, EIX (date) below, club before. SNG Stancomb 1032; MacDonald 666/1; Frolova II, pl.47, 30. 7.50gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
