LOT 2906
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AE Unit. 359-336 BC.
Uncertain mint in Macedon. Diademed male head to right / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, youth on horseback to right; below, spearhead to right. SNG ANS 850-1. Near Very Fine. Green patina.(7.85gr, 20mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Boeotia, Thebes AR Stater. Circa 390-382 BC.
Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,667
Wast(ias), magistrate. Boeotian shield / Volute krater with a decorated upper half, barley grain above, FA-ΣT across central field; all within shallow incuse circle. Hepworth 36; BCD Boiotia 494; BMC 120; HGC 4, 1330. 12.14gr, 22mm, 2h.
Near Extremely Fine. Attractive old cabinet tone with blue iridescence around the devices on obverse and gold on reverse.
Ex A. A. Ravel, 1938. Ex Pozzi 1443v TTB. Ex Prunier Auction, Numismatic Auction June 2022, 27 June 2022, lot 198. Acquired from Pecunia Numismatics.
Wastias was the pro-Spartan rival of Androkleidas and was instrumental in the latter's exile and assassination. -
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Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AR Tetradrachm. 359-336 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,690
Amphipolis mint. Posthumous issue. Struck under Kassander, circa 316-314 BC. Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΦΙΛΙΠ-ΠOΥ, nude youth, holding palm frond, on horseback to right; aplustre below, pellet-in-Π beneath raised foreleg. Le Rider pl. 46, 18; Troxell, Studies, Group 9, 323-5; SNG ANS 738-46. NGC graded AU Strike: 4/5 Surface: 4/5 Fine Style (#8221307-001).
Property of a County Durham collector; acquired on the UK art market. -
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Group of Eight [8] AR Sigloi of Achaemenid Empire. 5th-4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £300
Various types. 44.64gr total.
Fine to Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
