LOT 3013
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Tetradrachm. Circa 323-318/7 BC. Babylon mint. Struck under Archon, Dokimos, or Seleukos I, in the types of Alexander III.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, 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, B beneath throne. Price P182; Waggoner Issue III, obv. die 204. Very Fine. Porous obverse, graffiti on reverse.(17.00gr, 26mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3013
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Tetradrachm.
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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Caria, Kaunos AE Chalkous. 191/0-166 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Diademed male head to right / Double cornucopiae bound with fillet. SNG Copenhagen 184; SNG Keckman 75. 1.78gr, 13mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Due to the poor condition of the coin, its attribution is uncertain. Another possible attribution could be from the time of Ptolemy VIII to Cleopatra VII, in the mid-2nd to the 1st century BC. (Svoronos 1160). -
Pontus, Amisos, AE 22mm. c.85-65 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Bust of Amazon right, wearing wolf's scalp / AMI-ΣΟΥ, Nike walking right, holding wreath in right hand, palm over left shoulder. SNG BMC Black Sea 1218-1219; SNG Stancomb 704; SNG Copenhagen 165; SNG von Aulock 66; Waddington Recueil p.56, 38. 8.29gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Aiolis, Temnos, AE 13mm. 2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Laureate head of Apollo right / T-A, bunch of grapes hanging from vine-branch, monogram to right. SNG Copenhagen 255. 2.33gr, 13mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
