LOT 2643
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 2643
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos, as Strategos of Asia AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) AR Tetradrachm. Dated RY 28 (143/2 BC). Kition mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Diademed head to right, wearing aegis around neck / [ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ] ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; L KH (date) to left, KI to right. CPE II 1423; Svoronos 1577, pl.lv 5; SNG Copenhagen 594; DCA 54. 11.98gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
[BACIΛЄധC AΓPI]ΠA, canopy / Three ears of corn; L Ϛ (date) across fields. RPC I, 4981; TJC 120; Hendin GBC 6, 6274; Hendin GBC 5, 1244; Sofaer 153-6. 2.34gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex property of an Essex, UK, gentleman collector. From the private collection of a Colchester, UK, gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy I Soter AE Obol. Struck circa 290-282 BC. Alexandreia mint. Pre-Reform, Series 1.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head of the deified Alexander to right, wearing elephant skin headdress / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with open wings standing to left on thunderbolt; monogram of XA to left. CPE B43; Svoronos 235; Weiser -; SNG Copenhagen 54-5; Noeske 33. 7.41gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
