LOT 3781
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, crescent in left field, monogram below throne. Price 1827; Müller 273. Extremely Fine.(3.96gr, 18mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 97, 26 May 2022, lot 212.
Acquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3781
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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Kingdom of Axum, Anonymous AE Unit. Time of Ebana, circa AD 460-480.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
[CΛX ΛCΛ (interpretation uncertain - "King of the land of the Abyssinians" [much abbreviated]?)], crowned and draped bust to right, holding long cross; cross above / Inscription similar to TOYTO ΛPECH TH XѠPΛ ("may this please the country"), cross within circular border. Hahn & Keck 45; SACAM 283-320; H 36; AC 76. 0.61gr, 13mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Aeolis, Myrina AE 16mm. 2nd-1st centuries BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Apollo to right / MY-PI, amphora; lyre to left. SNG München 571-3 var. (lyre to right); SNG Copenhagen 225 var. (same). 3.37gr, 16mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare variety with lyre in left field.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Lydia, Sardes AE 17mm. After 133 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΙΠΠΟΝΕΙΚΟΣ (Hipponeikos), magistrate. Unbearded, laureate head of Herakles to right, lionskin knotted around neck / ΣAΡΔIANΩN IΠΠΟΝΕ[Ι]-ΚΟΣ, Apollo, naked, standing to left, holding raven and laurel branch, all within laurel wreath. GRPC Lydia 88 corr. (ΙΠΠΕΝΕΙΚΟΣ). 5.52gr, 17mm, 1h.
Very Fine, Very rare magistrate's name.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
