LOT 2941
Lesbos, Mytilene AE 19mm. 3rd-2nd centuries BC.
Head of Zeus to right, with horn of Ammon / Facing herm of Dionysos on prow to right; M-Y T-I in two lines across fields, grape bunch to left, aplustre to right. BMC 132-3; HGC 6, 1048. Near Very Fine.(5.91gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the E.E. Clain-Stefanelli collection.
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Western Asia Minor, uncertain mint (Kyme?) AR Fraction. Circa 5th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Head of horse to right, neck ending in beaded truncation / Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. SNG Kayhan 745 (head to left; uncertain Ionian or Karian mint); cf. Klein 332 (Kyme, Aeolis); cf. Tzamalis 88 (cruder style; Thraco-Macedonian mint); CNG e466, 120; Roma e88, 398. 0.54g, 8mm.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
![Group of Four [4] Sasanian Kingdom AR Drachms.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/220612s(1).jpg)
Group of Four [4] Sasanian Kingdom AR Drachms. 5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Various mints. 17.11gr total.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Tetradrachm. 323-317 BC.
Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £900
Uncertain mint in Cilicia. Struck under Philotas or Philoxenos, circa 323-317 BC. 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, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; wreath in left field, ΔI beneath throne. Price 2949 [Side(?)]; Müller 550. 17.17gr, 26mm, 9h.
Extremely Fine. Lustrous metal; gold iridescence around the devices.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005.
