LOT 3020
Kingdom of Macedon, Kassander AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 310-307 BC. Amphipolis 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, legs spread, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; in left field, Λ above boukranion; monogram of ΗΓ beneath throne. Price 430; Ehrhardt 19. Very Fine.(17.12gr, 24mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceEx inventory of a Bavarian merchant.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 73, 23 July 2020, lot 265.
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Phoenicia, Sidon. Uncertain Ruler AR Sixteenth Shekel. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Phoenician galley sailing to left; Phoenician letters above, waves below / Persian king or hero, holding dagger, standing to right, fighting lion standing to left on its hind legs; Phoenician letters between. Cf. HGC 10, 265 (Mazaios). 0.68gr, 10mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Illyria, Dyrrhachion AR Drachm. Circa 275-270 BC. Reduced Korkyraian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Pegasus flying right; Δ below. HGC 3.1, 36; SNG Lockett 2224. 2.30gr, 14mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Well toned.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Kings of Parthia, Phraates IV Fourrée Tetradrachm. Circa 38/7-2 BC. Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Uncertain date.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Diademed and draped bust to left / BAΣIΛEΩC BAΣIΛEΩN APΣAKOY EYEPΓETOY ΔIKAIOY EΠIΦANOYΣ ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ, Phraates seated to right on throne, receiving palm from Tyche standing to right, holding cornucopia; uncertain date in exergue. Cf. Sellwood 51.43; cf. Callataÿ, Tétradrachmes 224. 11.73gr, 28mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
