LOT 2901
Macedon, Akanthos AR Diobol. Circa 430-390 BC.
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Quadripartite incuse square; [A-K-A-N] in quadrants. SNG ANS 50; SNG Ashmolean 2218; HGC 3.1, 393. Near Extremely Fine.(0.92gr, 11mm.).
ProvenanceFrom a Swiss private collection, before 2005.
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Nabataea, Anonymous AE 17mm. Mid 2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Petra(?) mint. Imitating staters of Alexander III of Macedon. Helmetted head of Athena to right / Nike standing to left, holding wreath and placing hand on uncertain object. Barkay, Earliest, Group 3; CN 3; HCG 10, 671. 3.59gr, 17mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 533, 22 February 2023, lot 259. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) AE 19mm. 145-116 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Kyrene, circa 145-116 BC. Horned head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing taenia with basileion / ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, eagle with spread wings standing to left on thunderbolt; ΘΕ to left. Svoronos 1651 (Alexandria); SNG Copenhagen 655-7 (Uncertain mint in Cyprus). 3.53gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AE 11mm. 359-336 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Uncertain Macedonian mint. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Club to right; ΦΙΛΙΠ-ΠΟΥ above and below. SNG ANS 979; HGC 3.1, 889. 1.03gr, 11mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
