LOT 3018
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm. Struck circa 310-301 BC. Lampsakos mint. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
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, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; forepart of Pegasos to left; monogram of ΠΡ beneath throne. Price 1393; ADM II Series XVIII. Near Very Fine.(3.70gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3018
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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Lucania, Metapontion AE 16mm. Circa 225-200(?) BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Wreathed head of Demeter to right / Two grain ears with leaves to right; META upwards, between, bird above right grain ear's leaf. Johnston Bronze 78; HN Italy 1714 corr. (position of ethnic). 5.11gr, 16mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Mysia, Kyzikos AR Obol. Circa 475-400 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Forepart of boar to left with short mane and dotted truncation, retrograde E on shoulder; to right, tunny fish upwards / Head of roaring lion to left with bristling mane, outstretched tongue, and dotted truncation; all within incuse square. Von Fritze, Nomisma IX Kyzikos, Gruppe II 11; SNG France 378. 0.76gr, 13mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Northwestern Arabia, Lihyan AE 'Tetradrachm'. 2nd-1st centuries BC. Imitating Athens.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Stylised head of Athena to right, upward crescent on cheek / Owl standing to right, head facing; olive spray to left. Cf. Huth, Athenian, fig. 5, e; cf. Huth 40. 8.36gr, 22mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
