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LOT 2635
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AR Tetradrachm 359-336 B.C. 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).(Slab: 62 grams, 85 x 60mm).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Ex County Durham collector.
Ex private collection, UK.
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LOT 2635
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AR Tetradrachm
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
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Phoenicia, Sidon AE 16mm. 110-52 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Struck CY 55(?) (57/6 BC). Turretted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche to right / Phoenician galley to left; above, date above ΣΙΔΩΝΙΩΝ; Phoenician legend below. Cf. HGC 10, 292. 3.41gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B. Lydo-Milesian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 17. 5.50gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Various countermarks on both sides.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Indo-Scythians, Azes AR Drachm. Circa 58-12 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Azes on horseback to right, holding whip; Kharosthi letter before / Zeus standing to left, holding Nike and sceptre; monogram to left; Kharosthi letter(?) to right. HGC 12, 655. 1.88gr, 14mm, 7h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
