LOT 3774
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm. Struck as Strategos or king of Asia, in the name and types of Alexander III. Magnesia ad Maeandrum, circa 319-305 BC.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ to right, monograms in left field and below throne. Price 1967; Müller 790. About Good Very Fine. Light cabinet tone.(4.26gr, 17mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 97, 26 May 2022, lot 178.
Acquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3774
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm.
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£63 (EUR 73; USD 85) +BP*
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Mysia, Pergamon AE 18mm. Circa 133-27 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet; c/m: lyre / ΑΘΗΝΑΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟY, trophy consisting of helmet and cuirass; inner left, monogram. Cf. SNG BnF 1885-90. 5.05gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Ionia, Magnesia as Maeandrum AE 13mm. Circa 300-200 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΑΡΧΙΑΣ (Archias), magistrate. Horseman charging to right, holding spear / Humped bull butting to left on ground line; [APXIAΣ] below. Imhoof-Blumer, Monnaies Grecques, p.291, 86. 2.62gr, 13mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm. Circa 310-301 BC. 'Kolophon' mint. Struck as Strategos or king of Asia, in the name and types of Alexander III.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £44
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; [AΛ]EΞANΔPO[Y] to right, monogram in left field, crescent below throne. Price 1825; Müller 275. 4.52gr, 18mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 94, 24 February 2022, lot 244. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
