LOT 3005
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AE Unit. 359-336 BC. Uncertain mint.
Diademed young male head to right / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, youth on horseback to right; uncertain monogram below. Cf. HGC 3, 882. Near Very Fine.(5.63gr, 18mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Hindu Shahis Kings of Kabul, Khudavayaka AR Jital. c. AD 875-900.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Traces of Greek legend around horseman with spear riding right / Brahmi legend around zebu recumbent to left. ACW 1580-1582. 2.88gr, 20mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Mysia, Pergamon AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 85-76 BC. Kt-, prytanis. Cistophoric standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Basket (cista mystica), with half-open lid, from which snake coils, around, ivy wreath with fruits / Two snakes coiled around a bow case ornamented with aplustre; between the snake heads, KT above prytaneis monogram of ΠΡΥ, civic monogram of ΠΕΡ to left, serpent-entwined staff to right. Kleiner, Hoard 38; SNG BnF 1741. 12.27gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Toned.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany. -
Lucania, Metapontion AE 14mm. Circa 250-207 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Athena Promachos advancing to left, brandishing spear and shield / Owl standing on grain ear to right, head facing; META upwards to left. Johnston, Bronze 68b; SNG ANS 562-4; HN Italy 1704; HGC 1, 1113. 3.34gr, 14mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.
