LOT 2923
Kingdom of Macedon, Time of Philip V to Perseus AE Unit. 187-168 BC. Amphipolis mint.
Head of river god Strymon to right, wearing grain wreath / MAKE-ΔONΩN, ornamented trident head; monogram to left and right. HGC 3.1, 334. Very Fine.(7.45gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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LOT 2923
Kingdom of Macedon, Time of Philip V to Perseus AE Unit.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Minor Asia & Levante, PB Trial Strike(?). 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Incuse of jugate male bearded and wreathed(?) heads / Blank. Cf. Timeline Auctions, Auction 162, lot 3074. 17.28gr, 23mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Macedon under Roman Rule, First Meris AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 156-2nd half of 2nd century BC. Amphipolis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Diademed and draped bust of Artemis to right, bow and quiver over shoulder, on the boss of a Macedonian shield / Club; monogram of ΒΥΔΡ and MAKEΔONΩN above, ΠPΩTHΣ and monograms of KTP and METOY below; all within oak wreath, thunderbolt to left. Cf. Prokopov, Silver, Group II.A, 266; HGC 3, 1103. 16.82gr, 31mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Moesia, Istros AR Drachm. Circa 280-255 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Two young male heads facing, right head inverted / Sea-eagle to left, clutching dolphin in its talons; IΣTPI[H] above, ΦΥ below. SNG Stancomb 148; Dima Subgroup VI, pl. 19, 1-7; AMNG I.1, 425; HGC 3.2, 1803. 5.05gr, 17mm.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
