LOT 3015
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Drachm. Struck under Menander or Kleitos, circa 323-319 BC. Magnesia ad Maeandrum mint. 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 low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; filleted thyrsos in left field. Price P51. Very Fine. Test cut.(4.08gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos II Theos AE 18mm. 261-246 BC. Uncertain mint, possibly Tralleis.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate head of Apollo to right / BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY, tripod; monogram of ΓΡΥ to outer left and monogram of OYI to outer right; below, anchor to right. SC 537.2; HGC 9, 253b. 3.90gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Drachm. Circa 470-435 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Facing Gorgoneion with tongue protruding, serpents around / Upright anchor; in field, crayfish to left and A to right. SNG Copenhagen 452; SNG BM Black Sea 157; SNG Bulgaria Russe 2, 120-168; HGC 3.2, 1323. 3.16gr, 14mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring, pearl necklace and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig with berry and crescent moon in upper left field, all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31; HGC 4, 1597. 17.14gr, 23mm, 9h.
Near Extremely Fine. Nearly full crest.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany.
