LOT 3009
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AR Obol. 336-323 BC. Uncertain mint.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; uncertain controls. Cf. HGC 3.1, 918. Good Fine.(0.64gr, 9mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Mysia, Kyzikos AR Hemiobol. Circa 500-450 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Forepart of boar to left, retrograde K on shoulder; to right, tunny fish upwards / Head of roaring lion to left with bristling mane, and dotted truncation, in upper left field, facing head of panther; all within incuse square. Von Fritze, Nomisma IX Kyzikos, Gruppe II 13; SNC BnF 386. 0.33gr, 9mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 450-375 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (late).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Lydo-Milesian standard. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb. 5.47gr, 15mm.
Near Very Fine. Countermark on obverse.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Phoenicia, Tyre AE 17mm. Dated CY 51 (76/5 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Head of Tyche to right, veiled and turreted, palm at shoulder / Palm tree, monogram of Tyre to right, AN (date) to left, IEPA-Phoenician letters and A-ΣΥ (ligate) across field. Rouvier 1903, 2126; HGC 10, 364. 3.78gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
