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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Decapolis, Gadara AE 20mm. Dated year 20 of the Pompeian Era (45/4 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche to right, palm frond over shoulder / ΓΑΔΑ-ΡΕധΝ, cornucopia; L K (date) to inner left. Spijkerman 5; Rosenberger 5. 5.35gr, 20mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 565, 3 July 2024, lot 448. From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Macedon, Akanthos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 525-470 BC.
Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,500
Attic standard. Lion attacking to right, biting into the hindquarter of bull kneeling to left and biting the leg of the lion; Θ above, three ground lines below, the middle composed of pellets; stylised acanthus flower ιn exergue / Quadripartite incuse square. Desneux 59 (D57)(?); AMNG III/2, 5; HGC 3, 383. 17.19gr, 27mm.
Near Extremely Fine. Nicely toned with golden iridescence around the devices on obverse.
From collection of Dr G.W., Germany. Ex Gorny & Mosch, Auction 37, 13 May 1987. -
Troas, Achaiion AE 18mm. Circa 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΑΧΑ-ΙΤധN, Artemis standing facing, head to left, quiver over shoulder and holding bow and arrow in right hand. A. Ellis-Evans: The Coinage and History of Achaiion in the Troad, in: REA 119 (2017), p. 31, 4. 5.04gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare type of an exceedingly rare city; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
