LOT 3752
Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AR Drachm. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Magnesia ad Maeandrum, circa 301-299 BC.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; [AΛ]EΞANΔΡO[Y] to right, lion leaping to left in left field, A within wreath below throne. Price 1985; Müller 788; Thompson -. Very Fine.(4.29gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 97, 26 May 2022, lot 235.
Acquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3752
Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AR Drachm.
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£53 (EUR 61; USD 71) +BP*
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Sicily, Syracuse AE 23mm. Struck in the name of Pyrrhos, King of Epeiros, circa 278-276 BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Wreathed head of Kore to right; rose(?) behind / Demeter seated slightly to right, holding grain ear and sceptre; BAΣIΛEΩΣ to right, ΠΥΡΡΟΥ to left. CNS 185; SNG ANS 836-41 var. (symbols); HGC 3.1, 269. 8.17gr, 23mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm. Circa 310-301 BC. 'Kolophon' mint. Struck as Strategos or king of Asia, in the name and types of Alexander III.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £44
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; [AΛ]EΞANΔPO[Y] to right, monogram in left field, crescent below throne. Price 1825; Müller 275. 4.52gr, 18mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 94, 24 February 2022, lot 244. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Kingdom of Axum, Anonymous AE Unit. Time of Ebana, circa AD 460-480.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
[CΛX ΛCΛ (interpretation uncertain - "King of the land of the Abyssinians" [much abbreviated]?)], crowned and draped bust to right, holding long cross; cross above / Inscription similar to TOYTO ΛPECH TH XѠPΛ ("may this please the country"), cross within circular border. Hahn & Keck 45; SACAM 283-320; H 36; AC 76. 0.61gr, 13mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.
