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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South Arabia. Himyar, 'Amdan Bayan Yahaqbid AR Unit. Circa AD 100-120. Raydan mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Head to right within circular torque / Small head to right; yanaf-monogram to left, 'sceptre' to right. CAF 3.2ai; Huth 429. 1.27gr, 15mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 18mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; monogram above, [letter?] before / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 112 (letter behind). 3.71gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Group of Three [3] Euboia, Histiaia AR Tetrobols. 2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Wreathed head of the nymph Histiaia to right / The nymph Histiaia seated to right on stern of galley, holding stylis; IΣTIAIEΩN around. HGC 4, 1525. 4.78gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
