LOT 3007
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AR Drachm. Struck under Lysimachos, circa 301/0-300/299 BC. Magnesia ad Maeandrum mint.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; in field to left, lion head to left above E; beneath throne, monogram of AP. Price 1993; Thompson 93 corr. (lion forepart). Near Very Fine.(3.96gr, 18m, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Group of Five [5] Thessaly Mixed AE Greek Coins. 3rd-2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Group comprising: mixed issues and types. 17.24gr total, 13-19mm.
Fine; some better.
Acquired UK market. Ex property of a Hertfordshire, UK, gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy III Euergetes AE Dichalkon. 246-222 BC. Kyrene mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis around neck / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, draped bust of Libya to right, wearing taenia; double cornucopiae beneath chin. CPE B483; Svoronos 857. 3.30gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Asia Minor, Uncertain MInt AE Unit. Circa 2nd-1st centuries BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Ivy-wreathed head of Dionysos to right / Uncertain design in the centre, inscription around. 2.26gr, 16mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
