LOT 3019
Kingdom of Macedon, Kassander AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 307-297 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, 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; in left field, Λ above torch; monogram of ΜΗΓ beneath throne. Price 447; Ehrhardt 35. Near Very Fine.(16.85gr, 26mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceEx Rasmussen numismatics.
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Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator, second satrapy and kingship AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 311-308/5 BC. Uncertain mint 6A, in Bablyonia. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔ[ΡΟΥ], Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, legs spread, 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; anchor and monogram of EΠΡ in left field, K beneath throne. SC 67.5c; Price 3437 (Marathus); HGC 9, 10d. 17.16gr, 27mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Mysia, Kyzikos AR Diobol. Circa 450-400 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Forepart of boar to left with short mane; to right, tunny fish / Head of roaring lion to left within incuse square. Von Fritze, Nomisma IX Kyzikos, Gruppe II 9. 1.19gr, 10mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine. Cleaned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy III Euergetes AE Dichalkon. 246-222 BC. Kyrene mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis around neck / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, draped bust of Libya to right, wearing taenia; double cornucopiae beneath chin. CPE B483; Svoronos 857. 3.30gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
