LOT 3110
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AE Unit. 359-336 BC. Uncertain mint in Macedon.
Diademed male head to right / ΦIΛIΠΠOV, youth on horseback to right; spearhead below. SNG ANS 850-1; SNG Alpha Bank 354-8. Very Fine.(6.99gr, 18mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Kingdom of Persis. Darev (Darios) II AR Obol. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Diademed bust to left, wearing tiara decorated with crescent / King standing to left before fire altar. K&M 4/6; Alram 565. 0.62gr, 9mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Thrace, Mesambria AR Tetradrachm. Circa 150-125 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ [ΑΛ]ΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; in inner left field, helmet above ΔA; ΠPO monogram beneath throne. Price 1062; Topalov, Messambria 18; HGC 3, 1568. 16.86gr, 30mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine. Toned. Obverse slightly double struck.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
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Mysia, Parion AR Hemidrachm. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Bull standing to left, head to right / Gorgoneion. Cf. SNG BN 1384-6. 1.65gr, 13mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
