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LOT 3131
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 3131
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AR Tetradrachm
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£1,000 (EUR 1,160; USD 1,350) +BP*
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Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Drachm. Circa 470-435 BC.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Upright anchor, A under left fluke and crayfish under right / Facing gorgoneion. SNG BM Black Sea 1507; SNG Ruse, MN II, 246-250; HGC 3.2, 1323. 3.32gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Austran art market. Property of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos III Soter (Keraunos) AE 15mm. Circa 225-223 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Draped bust of Artemis to right; quiver at shoulder / Apollo Delphios seated to left on omphalos, testing arrow and resting hand on bow; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩ[Σ] to right, ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟ[Υ] to left, [monogram] to outer left, [monogram] in exergue. Cf. SC 922; HGC 9, 421. 3.68gr, 15mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Kings of Numidia, Massinissa or Micipsa AE Unit. 203-148 BC or 148-118 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Laureate head to left / Horse galloping to left; pellet below. Mazard 53; MAA 18a; SNG Copenhagen 505. 14.70gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
