LOT 3129
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip V AE 20mm. Circa 200-179 BC. Pella or Amphipolis mint.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Harpa with blade to right, [Β]ΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ above, ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ below; all within oak wreath with ties to left. SNG Alpha Bank 1116-1119; HGC 3.1, 1063. Very Fine. Scarce.(8.72gr, 20mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 90, 18 November 2021, lot 359 (company's ticket included).
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AR Drachm. Struck under Menander, circa 324/3 BC. Sardes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, legs spread, 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; monogram of EY in left field, rose beneath throne. Price 2553; ADM I Series IX. 4.26gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex London, UK, collection, 2000s. -
![Group of Eight [8] India AR Fractions.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/237505-s.jpg)
Group of Eight [8] India AR Fractions. Circa 18th-19th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Various types. 3.22gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ionia, Smyrna AE Homereion. Circa 105-95 BC. ΑΠΑΤΟΥΡΙΟΣ (Apatourios), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ ΑΠΑΤΟΥΡΙΟΣ, Homer seated to left, resting chin on hand and holding scroll; monogram of ΠΑΡ to left. Milne, Autonomous, Period XIII, 278. 7.99gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Lovely dark green and brown patina.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
Strabo mentions specifically this issue of bronze coinage from Smyrna when, discussing the city, he says "there is also a library; and the 'Homereum', a quadrangular portico containing a shrine and wooden statue of Homer; for the Smyrnaeans also lay especial claim to the poet and indeed a bronze coin of theirs is called a Homereum" (Strabo, Geographica XIV, I.37, transl. by H.C. Jones, The Geography of Strabo, VI [Loeb, 1960], pp. 245-247).
