LOT 3783
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; AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, monogram in left field, Φ beneath throne. Price 1823; Müller 808. Good Very Fine.(4.34gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 97, 26 May 2022, lot 208.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3783
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm.
Estimate £70 - 90€81 - 104 (for guidance only)$95 - 122 (for guidance only)
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Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Drachm. Late 5th-4th centuries BC.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £75
Facing head of Medusa with tongue protruding and snakes as hair / Upright anchor; crayfish to left, A to right. Topalov, Apollonia p. 337, 7; HGC 3.2, 1323. 3.27gr, 14mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Kings of Paeonia, Patraos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 335-315 BC. Astibos or Damastion mint.
Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £550
Laureate head of Apollo to right / Π-OΑ-P-ΤΑΥ (sic), Paeonian horseman, wearing crested helmet and full armor, galloping to right and spearing fallen enemy, who defends himself with a shield on his left arm. SNG ANS - (none with this legend); SNG Copenhagen 1390; Paeonian Hoard pl. 9, 490. 12.70gr, 25mm, 2h.
Extremely Fine. Attractive old cabinet tone with hints of golden iridescence around the devices. Well centred.
Ex UBS Gold & Numismatics, Auction 82, 20 January 2009, lot 255 (company's ticket included). -
Kings of Bithynia, Prusias II Cynegos AE 21mm. 182-149 BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Wreathed head of Dionysos to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠΡΟYΣIOY, the centaur Cheiron standing to right, playing kithara; monogram below raised foreleg. HGC 7, 629. 5.38gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
