LOT 2905
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III 'the Great' AR Drachm. 336-323 BC.
Abydos mint; struck under Leonnatos, Arrhidaios, or Antigonos I Monophthalmos, circa 323-317 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / [Α]ΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; to left, tunny fish upwards; monogram of ΔΥ beneath throne. Price 1513. Near Very Fine.(4.13gr, 17mm, 3h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a UK private collection.
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LOT 2905
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III 'the Great' AR Drachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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Parthian Dynasty AR Drachms Group [4]. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Four silver Drachms of the Parthian Dynasty. 19.98gr total
Acquired on the UK market before 2000; Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Sicily, Syracuse AR Hemidrachm. Second Democracy, 466-405 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Obverse die signed by Euarchidas. Struck circa 413-405 BC. Charioteer driving fast quadriga to left; above, Nike flying to right, crowning charioteer; grain ear in exergue, [EYAPXIΔA on exergue line] / Head of Arethousa to left, wearing sphendone; two dolphins around. Rizzo pl. XLIII, 6; HGC 2, 1366. 2.05gr, 17mm, 3h
Good Very Fine. Nice old cabinet tone with blue and gold iridescence around the devices.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005. -
Kings of Cappadocia, Ariobarzanes I Philoromaios AR Drachm. 96-63 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Dated RY 29 (67/6 BC). Diademed head to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΟΒΑΡZΑΝΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΡΩΜΑΙΟΥ, Athena standing to left, holding Nike and spear, and resting hand upon shield; monogram of MI to inner left; ΘK (date) in exergue. Simonetta 40a; HGC 7, 846. 3.91gr, 17mm, 12h
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
