LOT 3787
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm. Struck as Strategos or king of Asia, in the name and types of Alexander III. 'Kolophon', circa 310-301 BC.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ to right, B in left field, N below throne. Price 1801; Müller 1336. Near Extremely Fine. A well-centered, attractive example, beautiful old cabinet tone.(4.32gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 94, 24 February 2022, lot 235.
Acquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3787
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm.
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£53 (EUR 61; USD 71) +BP*
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Persia, Achaemenid Empire AR 1/48 Stater. Time of Kyros - Darios I, in the types of Kroisos, circa 550-520 BC. Sardes mint.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Head of roaring lion to right / Irregular incuse punch. GRPC Lydia S13 = Naumann 66, 189; CNG E-432, 71; CNG E-392, 283; Roma Numismatics, e-104, 465. 0.13gr, 5mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm. Struck as Strategos or king of Asia, in the name and types of Alexander III. 'Kolophon', circa 310-301 BC.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £53
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ to right, crescent in left field, monogram below throne. Price 1827; Müller 273. 3.96gr, 18mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 97, 26 May 2022, lot 212. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Dynasts of Lykia, Uncertain Dynast AR Hemiobol. Circa 480-430 BC.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Forepart of boar to left / Head and neck of leashed hunting dog to right; within incuse square. SNG Keckman 349-351; SNG von Aulock -; Traité II, 184 var. (dog to left). 0.30gr, 7mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
