LOT 2679
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm. As Strategos of Asia or king, 306/5-301 BC.
Kolophon mint; struck circa 310-301 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟ[Υ], Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, 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; monogram of KA in left field, Φ beneath throne. Price 1823. Good Fine.(4,17gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Bristol gentleman.
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LOT 2679
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy III Euergetes AE Diobol. 246-222 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Tyre mint. Horned head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing tainia with basileion / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; club to left. CPE B467; Svoronos 707; SNG Copenhagen -. 23.66gr, 30mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Group of Six [6] Nabataean and Phoenician AR Coins. 4th century BC-1st century AD.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Various rulers. 21.93gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nabataea, Obodas II, with Hagaru I AE 20mm. 30-9 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Petra mint. Dated RY 18 (13/2 BC). Laureate head to right / Hagaru standing to left and raising her right hand; date in legend to upper right. Barkay, King 41A; Meshorer, Nabataea -. 5.09gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; only one other example on CoinArchives (CNG e-462, 172).
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
