LOT 3763
Kingdom of Macedon. Time of Philip II to Alexander III AV Quarter Stater. Pella mint, circa 340/336-328 BC.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Bow, club and trident; ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ between. Le Rider 68-74 (D51/R36); SNG ANS 224; HGC 3.1, 851. Good Very Fine.(2.12gr, 11mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 94, 24 February 2022, lot 167.
Acquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3763
Kingdom of Macedon. Time of Philip II to Alexander III AV Quarter Stater.
Estimate £900 - 1,300€1,040 - 1,510 (for guidance only)$1,220 - 1,760 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£455 (EUR 528; USD 614) +BP*
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Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm. Struck as Strategos or king of Asia, in the name and types of Alexander III. 'Kolophon', circa 319-310 BC.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £53
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; [A]ΛEΞANΔPO[Y] to right, monogram in left field, monogram beneath throne. Price 1794; Müller 1605; SNG Copenhagen 917. 4.36gr, 18mm, 10h.
Extremely Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 97, 26 May 2022, lot 172. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Scythia, Olbia Cast AE Dolphin. Circa 437-410 BC.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Dolphin right / APIXO on flat surface. Anokhin 179; CN Online Type 21659; HGC 3, 1879. 4.27gr, 40mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
The method of casting this unique type of coin was adopted by the Gallic Celts, who originally came from this region. Dolphins were generally struck in the form of a tree attached to the tail, although some examples appear to have been cast individually. -
Phrygia, Toriaion AE 20mm. 2nd-1st century BC. ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΣ (Demetrios), magistrate.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Zeus to right / [TOPIAIT], eagle standing to right on thunderbolt, with kerykeion over his left shoulder, ΔΗΜΗΤΡ below. Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département Monnaies, Médailles et Antiques, Fonds Général 284 corr. (misdescribed as Amorion, Phrygia). 7.38gr, 20mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. The third known example of an exceedingly rare mint.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
