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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Troas, Larissa-Ptolemais AE 21mm. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Bearded male head to right / ΛΑΡΙΣΑΙ, amphora; grain ear to right. BMC 1 (Larissa Phrikonis in Aeolis); Robert L., Études de numismatique grecque, pl. 4, 6-7. 8.67gr, 21mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera AE Obol-40 Drachmai. Circa 51-30 BC. Alexandria mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Diademed and draped bust to right / [KΛEOΠATPAC BACIΛICCHC], eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; double cornucopiae to left, M (mark of value) to right. Svoronos 1872; Weiser 184-5; SNG Copenhagen 422-4; Noeske 383. 9.59gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Euboia, Histiaia AR Tetrobol. 3rd-2nd centuries BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Head of the nymph Histiaia to right, wearing wreath of grape leaves and berries / IΣ[TI]- AIEΩN(partially inverted), Nymph seated to right on stern of galley, holding stylis in her left hand and resting her right on the deck; on the side of the stern, wing; below, monogram of AΓ and labrys. BCD Euboia 381; HGC 4, 1524. 2.39gr, 14mm, 10h.
Good Very Fine. A very beautiful example.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
