LOT 3779
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm. Struck as Strategos or king of Asia, in the name and types of Alexander III. Lampsakos, circa 310-301 BC.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; AΛEΞANΔPO[Y] to right, forepart of Pegasos to left in left field, monogram beneath throne. Price 1382; Müller 612; SNG Copenhagen 887; ADM II Series XVIII. Extremely Fine. An attractive example.(4.21gr, 18mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 97, 26 May 2022, lot 179.
Acquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3779
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm.
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£32 (EUR 37; USD 43) +BP*
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The Thracian Chersonese, Sestos AE 15mm. Circa 150-100 BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of Apollo to left / ΣΗΣ-[ΤΙ], tripod; Γ to left; star in exergue. CN Online 57873; Fritze, Sestos, Die Menas-Inschrift und das Münzwesen der Stadt 1, p.7, 21 / pl.1, 36. 4.19gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Islands off Cilicia, Elaioussa Sebaste AE 20mm. 1st century BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Diademed head of Zeus to right / Nike advancing to left, holding wreath. Cf. SNG BnF 1140. 6.32gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Obol. Circa 323-317 BC. Babelon mint. In the types of Alexander III.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ below, ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ to right, wheel above monogram in left field, monogram beneath throne. Price P191 var. (drachm); Hersh, Additions -; Müller -. 0.70gr, 10mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Extremely Rare; unpublished in the standard references.
Ex Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG, Online Auction 82 Silver, 26 July 2020, lot 14. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
