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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Kings of Parthia, Mithradates I AR Tetradrachm. Dated SE 173 (140/139 BC). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint.
Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,300
Diademed and draped bust of Mithradates I to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ME-ΓAΛOY APΣA-KOY ΦIΛEΛ-ΛHNOΣ, Herakles standing to left, holding skyphos in his right hand and club and lion skin in his left; monogram of APT in outer left field; Γ[ΟΡ] (date) in exergue. Sellwood 13.3; Shore 36; Sunrise 261. 15.57gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Minor deposits. Rare.
Swiss private collection, acquired in 1992. -
Macedon, Amphipolis AE 10mm. Circa 355-353 BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Diademed male head (of Apollo?) to right / A-M Φ-I, lighted torch. SNG ANS 89-93; HGC 3.1, 438. 1.64gr, 10mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Gitbud & Naumann. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
Islands off Thrace, Thasos AR Hemiobol. Circa 411-404 BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of nymph to left / ΑΘ, dolphin leaping to right within incuse square. SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Delepierre -; CN Online Type 54476; HGC 6, -. 0.24gr, 7mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare variety with dolphin to right and retrograde ethnic.
Ex TimeLine. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
