LOT 2913
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Tetradrachm. Struck under Archon, Dokimos, or Seleukos I, circa 323-318/7 BC. Babylon mint. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed 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; M in left field, ΛY beneath strut of throne. Price 3692 var. (ΛΥ above strut). Very Fine. Toned. Very rare with ΛΥ beneath throne's strut on reverse.(16.65gr, 27mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 2913
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
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Phoenicia. Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £35
Galley to left, containing two hoplites with helmets and round shields; hippocamp to left below / Lion attacking bull to left. Cf. HGC 10, 139. 0.77gr, 10mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
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Group of Eight [8] AR Sigloi of Achaemenid Empire. 5th-4th century BC.
Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £139
Various types. 45.07gr total.
Condition as seen.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
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Ionia, Teos AR Diobol. Circa 320-294 BC. ΜΕΝΤΩΡ (Mentor), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Griffin seated to right, right forepaw raised / ΤΗΙ ΜΕΝΤΩ[Ρ], chelys. Kinns 95 var. (magistrate's name downward to left). 0.92gr, 10mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Attractively toned with hints of blue iridescence around the devices on obverse.
Acquired in London in 2011. Private collection, Switzerland.
Teos came under the rule of the Achaemenids, when Cyrus II (559-529 BC) was king. The occupation by the Persians led to the exodus of a large part of the population of Teos, between 545 and 540 BC, to Thrace, where they participated in the rebuilding of the city of Abdera. The two cities struck similar silver coins with the depiction of the griffin, seated on the right for Teos and on the left for Abdera.
