LOT 2913
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Drachm. 323-317 BC.
Sardeis mint; struck under Menander or Kleitos, circa 322-319 BC. In the types of Alexander III. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; to left, TI; beneath throne, torch. Price P96. Near Very Fine. Very Rare.(4.11gr, 17mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Mysia, Pergamon AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. 166-67 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Struck circa 123-95 BC. Group 2. 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, and containing a strung bow, between the snake heads, MIH monogram, civic monogram of ΠΕΡ to left, serpent-entwined staff to right. Kleiner, Hoard 184 = ANS 1944.100.37470; Pinder 103. 12.59gr, 26mm, 2h
Very Fine. Extremely rare variant; seemingly the first to be offered at auction for over twenty years.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy III Euergetes AE Triobol. 246-222 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Alexandria mint. Series 5B. Horned head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing taenia with basileion / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia to left, monogram of XP between legs. CPE B396; Svoronos 965; SNG Copenhagen 173-5. 33.81gr, 36mm, 12h
Good Very Fine. Attractive dark olive green patina.
From an old European collection, 1980s; Property of a London antiquarian. -
Lykaonia, Laranda AR Obol. Circa 324-323 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Facing head of Herakles, with club over shoulder / Forepart of wolf to right; star above. Göktürk 68-9; SNG BnF -; SNG Levante -. 0.75gr, 10mm, 9h
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
