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LOT 2910
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).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Uncertain mint in Seleucis and Pieria AE 21mm. Mid 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Dated year 1 of the Pompeian Era (64/3 BC). Draped bust of Herakles to left, club over shoulder / L A (date) PΩMHΣ in two lines above ram of prow to right; all within wreath. Spijkerman 1 (Gadara); Rosenberger 1 (Gadara); HGC 10, 381. 9.69gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kingdom of Persis. Ardaxsir (Artaxerxes) II AR Obol. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Diademed bust of Artaxerxes II to left, wearing mural crown; behind, monogram / King standing to left, holding sceptre and sacrificing before altar to left. Klose & Müseler 4/13; Alram 572; Tyler-Smith 81-93; cf. Sunrise 596 (no monogram). 0.73gr, 11mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 14mm. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Petra mint; struck circa AD 17/8-39/40. Laureate head to right; [Aramaic letter ḥēth to right?] / 'Aretas' in Aramaic within wreath. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 115; cf. CN 189. 2.01gr, 14mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
