LOT 3772
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Obol. Circa 323-317 BC. Babelon mint. In the types of Alexander III.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ below, ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ to right, wheel above monogram in left field, monogram beneath throne. Price P191 var. (drachm); Hersh, Additions -; Müller -. Very Fine. Extremely Rare; unpublished in the standard references.(0.70gr, 10mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG, Online Auction 82 Silver, 26 July 2020, lot 14.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3772
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Obol.
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£25 (EUR 29; USD 34) +BP*
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Troas, Zeleia AE 11mm. 4th century BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of Artemis to right, wearing stephane / Monogram within wreath. SNG Arikantürk 799-800. 1.29gr, 11mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC.
Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £210
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three olive leaves above visor and spiral palmette on bowl, round earring with central boss, and pearl necklace / Owl standing to right with head facing, olive sprig and crescent behind, ΑΘΕ before; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31; HGC 4, 1597. 17.18gr, 25mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 94, 24 February 2022, lot 88. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Kingdom of Pergamon, Eumenes II AE 10mm. Circa 197-159 BC. In the name of Philetairos.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ, bee; [ΔΙ below]. BMC 65; SNG Copenhagen 353; Imhoof-Blumer F., Die Münzen Der Dynastie Von Pergamon 62, pl. III, 7. 1.11gr, 10mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
The attribution of this small bronze to Eumenes II is based mainly on Imhoof-Blumer's thesis that the majority of the bronzes bearing the name of Philetairos depict the controls of the contemporaneous tetradrachms.
