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LOT 2642
Kingdom of Macedon, Time of Alexander III to Philip III AR Tetradrachm. Circa 324/3-320 BC. Arados mint. Struck under Menes or Laomedon 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, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; Σ in left field, monogram of AP (civic) beneath throne. Price 3316; Duyrat Group IV, Series 4. Extremely Fine. A well-centred example struck on a large flan.(17.01gr, 29mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceAcquired from Baldwins, UK.
Property of a Kent lady.
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LOT 2642
Kingdom of Macedon, Time of Alexander III to Philip III AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
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Kingdom of Macedon, Time of Alexander III to Philip III AR Tetradrachm. Circa 324/3-320 BC. Arados mint. Struck under Menes or Laomedon in the name and types of Alexander III.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
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, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; Σ in left field, monogram of AP (civic) beneath throne. Price 3316; Duyrat Group IV, Series 4. 17.01gr, 29mm, 8h.
Extremely Fine. A well-centred example struck on a large flan.
Acquired from Baldwins, UK. Property of a Kent lady. -
Euboia, Histiaia AR Tetrobol. 3rd-2nd centuries BC. Reduced standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Wreathed head of nymph Histiaia to right / ΙΣΤ[Ι]-ΑΙΕΩΝ, nymph seated to right on stern of galley decorated with wing. HGC 4, 1524. 1.81gr, 14mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos IV Epiphanes AE Serrate. Struck circa 175-173/2 BC. Ptolemais (Ake) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Veiled and diademed bust of Laodike IV to right; monogram of AB behind / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOΧOY, elephant's head to left; prow below, M in left field. SC 1477.1f; HGC 9, 686. 4.34gr, 17mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
