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LOT 3757
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 3757
Macedon, Akanthos AR Tetradrachm.
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000€5,800 - 8,120 (for guidance only)$6,750 - 9,450 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£2,500 (EUR 2,900; USD 3,375) ‡+BP*
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Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Obol. Circa 323-317 BC. Babelon mint. In the types of Alexander III.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ below, ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ to right, wheel above monogram in left field, monogram beneath throne. Price P191 var. (drachm); Hersh, Additions -; Müller -. 0.70gr, 10mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Extremely Rare; unpublished in the standard references.
Ex Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG, Online Auction 82 Silver, 26 July 2020, lot 14. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
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Dynasts of Lykia, Uncertain Dynast AR Hemiobol. Circa 480-430 BC.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Forepart of boar to left / Head and neck of leashed hunting dog to right; within incuse square. SNG Keckman 349-351; SNG von Aulock -; Traité II, 184 var. (dog to left). 0.30gr, 7mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Midaeum, Phrygia. AD 98-117.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
ΑΥ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ [ΚΑΙ ϹΕ Γ]ΕΡ ΔΑ, laureate head to right / ΜΙΔΑ-[ΕΩΝ], Cybele seated to left, holding patera in her right hand, resting on tympanum with her left arm; lion to left and right. Cf. RPC III, 2644; Von Aulock, Phrygiens II -. 21.46gr, 32mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; only one example cited by RPC and none on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
