LOT 3107
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos, as Strategos of Asia AR Tetradrachm. Dated RY 36 of 'Ozmilk (314/3 BC). Tyre mint. In the name and types of Alexander III. Struck under Menes.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝ[ΔΡΟΥ], 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; -|O (Phoenician 'K [= 'Ozmilk]) and ||| ||| – = (date [36 in Phoenician]) in left field. Price 3292 (Ake); DCA2 938. Near Very Fine. Corroded.(15.35gr, 27mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3107
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos, as Strategos of Asia AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
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Cilicia, Seleukeia ad Calycadnum AE 23mm. Mid-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Helmetted and draped bust of Athena to right; ΣA to left, palm branch to right / ΣEΛEΥKEΩN TΩN ΠΡOΣ TΩI KAΛΥKAΔNΩI, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm; NKI KAΛ in two lines in left field. SNG BnF 903-904; SNG Copenhagen 200. 6.84gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AE Unit. Struck circa 323-319 BC. Miletos mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion's skin headdress / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟY, bow in bow-case above club; below, grain ear. Price 2102; SNG Copenhagen 1054; Müller 569; HGC 3.1, 950a. 5.58mm, 18mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea, Caesareia Maritima AE 'Minim'. 1st-3rd centuries AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Turretted head of Tyche(?) to right / Palm tree. Cf. Hamburger, “Minute Coins from Caesarea,” Atiqot I (1955), 22-23. 0.78gr, 13mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
