LOT 2920
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos, as strategos of Asia, AR Drachm. Struck circa 310-301 BC. Kolophon mint. In the name and types of Alexander III.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, 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; ΛΕΙ (partially ligate) in left field and monogram of TI beneath throne. Price 1783. Near Very Fine.(4.08gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman, acquired before 1985, thence by descent 2025.
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LOT 2920
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos, as strategos of Asia, AR Drachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Nabataea, Rabbel II, with Shaqilat AR Sela' Drachm. Dated RY 3 (AD 72/3). Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Laureate and draped bust of Rabbel II to right; 'Rabbel, king of the Nabataeans. Year 3' in Aramaic around / Veiled and draped bust of Shaqilat to right; 'Shaqilat, his mother, queen of the Nabataeans' in Aramaic around. CN 218; Meshorer, Nabataea, 144. 3.34gr, 13mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Obverse struck off-centre.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Sasanian Kingdom, Husrav (Khosrau) II AR Drachm. Dated RY 36 (AD 627). AHM (Hamadan) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown with two wings, frontal crescent and star-in-crescent; stars and legends flanking, ribbon on shoulders; all within double border with star-in-crescents in margin / Fire altar with ribbons flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; all within triple border, with star-in-crescents in margin. SC Tehran 1594-1605; Göbl II/3. 4.08gr, 33mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Sasanian Kingdom. Bahram II, with Queen and Prince 4 AR Drachm. AD 276-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Jugate busts of Vahrām (Bahram), wearing winged crown with korymbos, and his queen, wearing kolah with boar's head, right, vis-a-vis bust of Prince 4, wearing kolah with eagle's head, left / Fire altar; flanked by two attendants facing outward, each wearing winged crown with korymbos; fravahr to left of flames. Cf. SNS type VIa(1)/2(1a), Style A. 3.85gr, 27mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market circa 2015. Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
