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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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Troas, Assos AE 9mm. Circa 400-250 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Griffin seated to right / Roaring lion's head to right. SNG München -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; Klein -. 0.73gr, 9mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
The attribution of this coin to Assos is based on its similarity to obols struck during the same period. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AE 19mm. Dated SE 193(?) (120/9 BC). Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Diademed and radiate head to right / BAΣIΛE[ΩΣ] ANTIO[XOY] EΠIΦAN[OYΣ], eagle standing to left, sceptre under far wing, monogram(?) to outer left, date below. Cf. SC 2300.2; HGC 9, 1212. 5.57gr, 19mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Ionia, Ephesos AR Obol. Circa 550-500 BC.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Bee seen from above / Quadripartite incuse square. Karwiese, Series II; SNG Kayhan -. 0.42gr, 7mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
