LOT 2676
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Drachm. 323-317 BC.
SardeIs mint. Struck under Menander, circa 323/2 BC. 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; holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; bee in left field, monogram of ΞΥ or ΕΥΞ beneath throne. Price P73; ADM I Series XIII. Extremely Fine.(4.36gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2676
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Drachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
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Seleukid Empire, Tryphon AE 18mm. Circa 142-138 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head to right / Spiked Macedonian helmet with cheek guards, adorned with wild goat's horn above visor; BAΣIΛEΩΣ TPYΦΩNOΣ to right, AYTOKPATOPOΣ to left, piloi of the Dioskouroi to inner left. SC 2034.2d; HGC 9, 1061. 5.04gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. 37-43 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Jerusalem mint. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). BACI[ΛЄധC AΓPIΠA], canopy / Three ears of corn; L Ϛ (date) across fields. RPC I 4981; TJC 120; Hendin GBC 6, 6274; Hendin GBC 5, 1244; Sofaer 153-6. 1.56gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Time of Ptolemy VI to VIII AE 28mm. Circa 180-116 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Alexandria mint. Series 7C. Horned head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing tainia with basileion / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙ[ΛΕΩΣ], two eagles with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; double cornucopiae to left. Svoronos 1424 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and VII); Faucher & Lorber Series 7C; SNG Copenhagen 308-10 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and Ptolemy VIII). 23.14gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
