LOT 3104
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. Good Very Fine. Lustrous metal.(4.28gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 2000s.
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) AR Tetradrachm. Dated RY 37 (134/3 BC). Alexandreia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis around neck / [ΠΤΟ]ΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; L ΛZ (date) to left, ΠA to right. Svoronos 1510; CPE II 1366; SNG Copenhagen -; DCA 54. 14.03gr, 25mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Attractive old cabinet tone with blue iridescent highlights. Some roughness on obverse.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
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Group of Seven [7] Judaea AE Prutot. 1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Various types. 14.87gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 26mm. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑN ΚΑΛΧΑ, Poseidon seated to right on rock, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left; ΔΑ in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1257-1262; HGC 3.2, 1428. 11.28gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
