LOT 3010
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AR Obol. 336-323 BC. Uncertain mint.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre. Cf. HGC 3.1, 918. Near Very Fine.(0.53gr, 9mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Aiolis, Kyme, AE 17mm. c.165-90 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Apatourios, magistrate, draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / KY, oinochoe; laurel branches flanking, A-ΠA/T-OY/P-I/O-Σ across inner fields. SNG Ashmolean 1416-8; SNG Copenhagen 106-7. 3.39gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Kings of Bosporos, Rheskouporis V and Constantine I AE Stater. Dated Bosporan Era 624(?) (AD 327/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
BACIΛЄധC P[...]OC, diademed and draped bust of Rheskouporis V to right; trident before / Laureate and draped bust of Constantine I to right; eagle on globe before, holding wreath in beak, Δ(?)KX (date) below. Cf. MacDonald 683/1. 7.47gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Phoenicia, Sidon. Uncertain Ruler AR Sixteenth Shekel. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Phoenician galley sailing to left; Phoenician letters above, waves below / Persian king or hero, holding dagger, standing to right, fighting lion standing to left on its hind legs; Phoenician letters between. Cf. HGC 10, 265 (Mazaios). 0.68gr, 10mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
