LOT 3785
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm. Circa 310-301 BC. 'Kolophon' mint. Struck as Strategos or king of Asia, in the name and types of Alexander III.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; [AΛ]EΞANΔPO[Y] to right, monogram in left field, crescent below throne. Price 1825; Müller 275. Good Very Fine.(4.52gr, 18mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 94, 24 February 2022, lot 244.
Acquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3785
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm.
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£44 (EUR 52; USD 60) +BP*
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Sicily, Syracuse AV Dekadrachm or 50 Litrae. Time of Agathokles circa 317-289 BC.
Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 4 | Current Bid: £1,800
Laureate head of Apollo to left / ΣYPAKOΣ[IΩN], charioteer driving fast biga to right; triskeles running to right below. Bérend, Agathocle pl. 9, 1 var. (triskeles running to left); SNG ANS 549; HGC 2 1276. 4.26gr, 14mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. An attractive, bright example.
Ex Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 118, 15 October 2002, lot 1130. Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 136, 10 March 2008, lot 480. Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 402, 14 March 2024, lot 588. Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
Mysia, Miletopolis AE 19mm. 2nd-1st centuries BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Helmeted head of Athena to right / MIΛΗΤΟΠOΛITΩN, double-bodied owl standing facing. SNG Arikantürk 668-71; SNG BnF 1302; SNG Copenhagen 249; SNG von Aulock 1311. 5.10gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Islands off Ionia, Samos AR Tetradrachm. Dated RY 3 (452/1 BC) (restoration era date).
Estimate: £8,000 - 10,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £4,444
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.
