LOT 3860
Lesbos, Mytilene AR Tetradrachm. Circa 188-170 BC. Late posthumous issue in the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; ΔO monogram above lyre in left field, Δ in exergue. Price 1729. Very Fine. Toned.(16.16gr, 37mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3860
Lesbos, Mytilene AR Tetradrachm.
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£250 (EUR 290; USD 338) +BP*
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The Thracian Chersonese, Madytos AE Chalkous. Circa 350 BC.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Bull butting to right / M-A [Δ Y], hound seated to right; above, vine leaf. BMC 2 var. (star on reverse); SNG Copenhagen 926. 1.80gr, 13mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Cilicia, Uncertain Mint AR Tetartemorion. 4th century BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
The Persian Great King in kneeling-running stance right, holding dagger in his right hand and bow in his left / Head of Athena to left, wearing crested Attic helmet. Göktürk -; SNG Levante -; SNG Paris -; Troxell & Kagan 12; Sunrise 94. 0.16gr, 6mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Kyrenaika, Kyrene AR Hemidrachm. Circa 500-480 BC. Asiatic standard.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of Zeus-Ammon to right, with ram's horn above his ear; all within incuse square / Silphium fruit with pellet above and below. BMC 26-27; Buttrey, Coins, Period I, Group 2, 83; SNG Copenhagen -. 1.81gr, 10mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
