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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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. -
Mysia, Lampsakos AR Diobol. 4th-3rd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Diademed janiform female heads wearing circular earring and necklace; below, dolphin / ΛΑ[-Μ-Ψ], head of Athena wearing Corinthian helmet to right. Cf. Baldwin, Lampsakos, Group B, pl. VI, 11; cf. SNG BnF 1193. 0.96gr, 11mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Islands off Ionia, Samos AR Tetradrachm. Dated RY 3 (452/1 BC) (restoration era date).
Estimate: £10,000 - 14,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5,000
Facing lion scalp / Forepart of ox to right; ΣA above, olive branch to left, Γ (date) below; all within incuse square. Barron Class VII, 72a (A33/P72) (this coin); Slg. O'Hagan 591 (this coin); Coll. Berlin (Fox coll.); HGC 6, 1190. 12.96gr, 24mm, 9h.
Near Extremely Fine. Amazing old cabinet tone. Well centred and of fine style. Extremely rare date (no other examples on CoinArchives).
Ex Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, 23 March 1896, lot 592. Ex Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, 4 May 1908, lot 591. From Hyman Montagu (1844-1895) collection. From Henry Osborne O'Hagan, Esq. (1853-1930) collection. Ex Cahn, 1951. Ex Bourgey Emile, Collection de Monnaies Grecques Gauloise-romaines, Hôtel Drouot Sale, Paris, 13 June 1952, lot 127. Ex Münzen & Medaillen, Basel. From Rollin & Feuardent (William Talbot Ready), London. Acquired privately from Jean Vinchon, Paris.
