LOT 3771
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Drachm. Struck under Menander or Kleitos, in the name and types of Alexander III. Sardes, circa 323-319 BC.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; ΑΛEΞANΔPOY to right, monogram above torch in left field. Price 2589; Müller 91. Very Fine; struck on a broad flan, full borders visible.(4.21gr, 18mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 94, 24 February 2022, lot 200.
Acquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3771
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Drachm.
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£44 (EUR 52; USD 60) +BP*
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The Thracian Chersonese, Madytos AE Chalkous. Circa 350 BC.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Bull butting to right / M-A [Δ Y], hound seated to right; above, vine leaf. BMC 2 var. (star on reverse); SNG Copenhagen 926. 1.80gr, 13mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Palmyrene, Palmyra AE 10mm. Circa 2nd-3rd centuries AD. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £35
Helmeted bust to right / Astarte(?) standing in galley facing, holding cornucopia in left hand and wreath in right. Unpublished in the standard references. 0.82gr, 10mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Thrace, Byzantion AE 14mm. Before 336 BC.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Bull's head facing slightly to left / Ethnic surrounded by three dolphins. BMC 29. 2.23gr, 14mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
From UK private collection. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
