LOT 3782
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, crescent in left field, N below throne. Price 1798; Müller 271; SNG Copenhagen 924. Very Fine.(4.15gr, 17mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 97, 26 May 2022, lot 197.
Acquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3782
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm.
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£67 (EUR 77; USD 90) +BP*
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Mysia, Kyzikos AE 11mm. 3rd century BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of Kore to right, wearing sphendone / KY-ZI, tripod; below, tunny fish to right; monogram to right. Von Fritze, Gruppe I, 4. 1.19gr, 11mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC. Contemporary imitation(?).
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £167
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring, pearl necklace and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig with berry and crescent moon in upper left field, all within incuse square. Cf. HGC 4, 1597. 15.41gr, 24mm, 9h.
Good Fine.
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Tetradrachm. 323-317 BC. Tarsos mint. Struck under Philotas or Philoxenos. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, legs spread, his feet resting on low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; in left field, Nike flying to right, holding wreath, above kerykeion; beneath throne, monogram of ΕΠ above Θ. Price 3048; Newell, Tarsos 54. 17.12gr, 26mm, 10h.
Good Extremely Fine. A well-struck coin with attractive golden toning.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
