LOT 3008
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III Fourrée Drachm. 336-323 BC. Uncertain mint.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / Zeus seated to left on throne, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; uncertain symbol or monogram in field. Fine.(2.63gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Da Yuezhi Rulers of Baktria, Imitative of Eukratides I AR Obol. c.AD 50-90.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Helmeted bust right / Garbled Greek legend, caps of the Dioskouroi; monogram IAI below. ANS 5-13; HGC 12, 152. 0.38gr, 10mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Chipped. Rare.
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): £46
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. 2.29gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phokis, Federal Coinage AR Triobol or Hemidrachm. Circa 357-354 BC. Struck under Philomenos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Facing bull's head / Laureate head of Apollo to right, [Φ-Ω beneath truncation]; to left, laurel branch. BCD Phokis 463.1; HGC 4, 1046. 2.68gr, 13mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
