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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Judaea. Hasmoneans, John Hyrcanus I AE Prutah. Uncertain SE date, 131-129 BCE. Jerusalem mint. In the name of Seleukid king Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Upright anchor; [BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY] to left, [EYEPΓETOY] to right, [date] below / Lily. Sofaer 4-5; TJC p. 30; Hendin GBC 6, 6165; Hendin GBC 5, 1131; SC 2123. 3.01gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Herodians, Herod III Antipas AE Unit. Dated RY 33 (AD 29/30). Tiberias mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
HPധΔΟΥ TETPAPXOY, palm branch; L ΛΓ (date) across fields / TIBEPIAC in two lines within wreath. RPC I, 4922; Meshorer 5. 11.28gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos II Theos AR Drachm. 261-246 BC. Unattributed issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Diademed head of Antiochos I to right / BAΣIΛEΩ[Σ] ANTIOX[OY], Apollo Delphios, nude but for chlamys draped from his waist, wearing laurel wreath and seated on omphalos to left, testing bow with his right hand and resting his left on omphalos; monogram to outer right. 4.20gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
