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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Lucania, Metapontum AR Didrachm of Nomos. Circa 330-290 BC.
Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £900
Struck under the magistrates EY- (Eu-) and ΛY- (Ly-). Head of Demeter to right, wearing grain wreath, pendant earring and pearl necklace; ΕΥ beneath chin / ΜΕΤΑ, ear of barley with leaf to right; above leaf, sixteen-rayed star; in the lower field to left, ΛΥ. ANS 499 (same dies); Johnston C.8.12 (same dies). 7.77gr, 21mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine. Attractive toning with iridescence in fields. Well-centred.
Property of a late collector. Ex Vinchon, 11 April 1988, 185. Ex Münzen und Medaillen FPL 342, February 1973, 6. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 18mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Petra mint; struck AD 20-40. Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; [H-F?] in Aramaic across fields / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 114; cf. SNG ANS 1438-43; cf. Sofaer 67-9. 4.77gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Mysia, Parion AR Hemidrachm. Circa 350-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
ΠΑ-ΡΙ, bull standing to left, head reverted; below, grain ear to right / Gorgoneion. SNG Arikantürk -; SNG BN 1373-6. 2.38gr, 14mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Lightly toned with hints of golden iridescence around the devices.
From the collection of Dr Hans Maag. Ex Auktion GM 79, 1996, 174.
