LOT 2909
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Tetradrachm. 323-317 BC.
Uncertain mint in Cilicia. Struck under Philotas or Philoxenos, circa 323-317 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; wreath in left field, ΔI beneath throne. Price 2949 [Side(?)]; Müller 550. Extremely Fine. Lustrous metal; gold iridescence around the devices.(17.17gr, 26mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceFrom a Swiss private collection, before 2005.
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LOT 2909
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Tetradrachm.
Estimate £1,800 - 2,400€2,090 - 2,780 (for guidance only)$2,430 - 3,240 (for guidance only)
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Sasanian Kingdom, Husrav (Khosrau) I AR Drachm. AD 531-579.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
GD (Gay) mint. Dated RY 29 (AD 559). Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent and korymbos set on crescent, stars flanking; ribbons on shoulders, crescent before; all within single border with crescents in margin / Fire altar with ribbons flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; all within single border. Göbl type II/2. 4.01gr, 30mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
Ex property of a South West London gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) AE 19mm. 145-116 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Kyrene, circa 145-116 BC. Horned head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing taenia with basileion / ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, eagle with spread wings standing to left on thunderbolt; ΘΕ to left. Svoronos 1651 (Alexandria); SNG Copenhagen 655-7 (Uncertain mint in Cyprus). 3.53gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Illyria, Apollonia AR Drachm. Circa 80/70-48 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑΡΙΣΤΩΝ (Ariston) and ΛΥΣΗΝΟΣ (Lysenos), magistrates. Cow standing to left, head reverted, suckling calf; APIΣTΩN above; monogram of AP in exergue / Double stellate pattern in double linear quadrangle; AΠOΛ ΛΥ-ΣΗ-ΝΟΣ around. Ceka 27; Maier 63; P&G 66. 3.24gr, 18mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
