LOT 3193
Lydia, Sardes AE 15mm. 2nd-1st century BC.
Laureate head of Apollo to left / Club within oak wreath, ΣAPΔI-ANΩN to either side. GRPC Lydia 80; SNG Münich 486. Very Fine. Rare variant of this type with no monogram on reverse.(2.88gr, 15mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 86, 8 July 2021, lot 541 (company's ticket included).
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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Xerxes I to Darius II AR Siglos. Circa 485-420 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Possibly type IIIb (early), style B.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Lydo-Milesian standard. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch. Cf. Carradice Type IIIb, Groups A/B (pl. XII). 5.49gr, 16mm.
Near Very Fine. Countermarks on both sides and on rim.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Tetradrachm. Struck under Philotas or Philoxenos, circa 323-317 BC. Uncertain mint in Cilicia. In the name and types of Alexander III.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
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. -
Thrace, Chersonesos AR Hemidrachm. Circa 386-338 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Forepart of lion to right, head reverted / Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; pellet and Λ in one sunken quarter, [pellet?] and X in the opposite. McClean -; HGC 3, 1437. 2.41gr, 14mm.
Very Fine. Very rare with these control marks.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
