LOT 2668
Macedon, Akanthos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 525-470 BC.
Attic standard. Lion attacking to right, biting into the hindquarter of bull kneeling to left and biting the leg of the lion; Θ above, three ground lines below, the middle composed of pellets; stylised acanthus flower ιn exergue / Quadripartite incuse square. Desneux 59 (D57)(?); AMNG III/2, 5; HGC 3, 383. Near Extremely Fine. Nicely toned with golden iridescence around the devices on obverse.(17.19gr, 27mm.).
ProvenanceFrom collection of Dr G.W., Germany.
Ex Gorny & Mosch, Auction 37, 13 May 1987.
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LOT 2668
Macedon, Akanthos AR Tetradrachm.
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000€4,640 - 6,960 (for guidance only)$5,400 - 8,100 (for guidance only)
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Calabria, Tarentum AR Hemiobol. Circa 325-280 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Two crescents back-to-back; pellet above and below, T to left / Two crescents back-to-back; pellet and Π above, pellet below. Vlasto -; HN Italy -; HGC 1, -; unpublished with the combination of these letters. 0.26gr, 7mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Variant not found in the major references.
Swiss private collection, acquired in 1992. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 17mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Petra mint; struck AD 20-40. Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; [H]-F in Aramaic across fields / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. 3.72gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Time of Ptolemy VI to VIII AE 28mm. Circa 180-116 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Alexandria mint. Series 7C. Horned head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing tainia with basileion / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙ[ΛΕΩΣ], two eagles with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; double cornucopiae to left. Svoronos 1424 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and VII); Faucher & Lorber Series 7C; SNG Copenhagen 308-10 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and Ptolemy VIII). 23.14gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
