LOT 2910
Kingdom of Macedon, Time of Philip II to Antipater & Alexander V AE Unit. Circa 359-294 BC. Uncertain mint in Macedon.
Diademed head of Apollo to right, A behind / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, youth on horseback to right; ⵙP below. Cf. SNG ANS 927-8 (no A); HGC 3, 882. Very Fine. Very rare.(7.35gr, 18mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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LOT 2910
Kingdom of Macedon, Time of Philip II to Antipater & Alexander V AE Unit.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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Kings of Bithynia, Nikomedes III Euergetes AR Tetradrachm. Dated CY 193 (105/4 BC). Nicomedia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Diademed head to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ EΠIΦANOΥΣ NIKOMHΔOΥ, Zeus standing facing, head to left, crowning the king's name with his right hand and holding long sceptre in his left; to inner left, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt above monogram of MATP and ΓϘΡ (date). RG p.231; HGC 7, 645. 16.72gr, 32mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Beautiful old cabinet tone.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Lydo-Milesian standard. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B. 5.65gr, 15mm.
Near Very Fine. Countermarks on both sides.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Thrace, Maroneia AE 15mm. Circa 398-346 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Horse prancing to right; monogram below / ΜΑΡ-ΩΝΙ-ΤΩΝ, legend around grape arbor within linear square border; monogram below. Evelpidis 962-3; SNG Copenhagen 632; Schönert-Geiss, Maroneia 721-923; BMC -. 3.85gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 86, 8 July 2021, lot 424 (since professionally cleaned). Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian.
