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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Crete, Knossos, AE 13mm. c.200-67 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Laureate head of Apollo left / square labyrinth. Svoronos 93; SNG Copenhagen 375. 1.96gr. 13mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Very Rare.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Greek King of Baktria, Eukratides I AR Obol. c.175-170 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Diademed and draped bust right, wearing horned Boiotian helmet, within bead-and-reel border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ – EΥKΡATIΔOY, caps of the Dioskouroi; monogram AN below. MIG 181a; HGC 12, 139. 0.62gr, 11mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
BACIΛЄധC AΓPIΠA, canopy / Three ears of corn; L Ϛ (date) across fields. RPC I, 4981; TJC 120; Hendin GBC 6, 6274; Hendin GBC 5, 1244; Sofaer 153-6. 2.64gr, 19mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
