LOT 3111
Macedon, "the Macedonians" AE 20mm. After 168 BC. Amphipolis mint.
Head of Strymon to right, wreathed with reeds / MAKEΔONΩ[N], trident head, monograms in fields. Touratsoglou, Macedonia 8; HGC 3.1, 334. Very Fine.(6.14gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Group of Eight [8] AR Sigloi of Achaemenid Empire. 5th-4th century BC.
Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £139
Various types. 44.84gr total.
Condition as seen.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Gaul, Nemausus AE Unit. Circa 100-60 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Laureate head of Apollo to left / Boar standing to left, NAMA above, ΣAT below. LT 2698; RIG 210. 1.67gr, 15mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex cgb.fr. (bga_197820). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos II Theos AR Drachm. 261-246 BC. Possibly Tralleis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Diademed head of Antiochos II to right / [B]AΣIΛEΩΣ [A]NT-IOXOY, Apollo Delphios, nude but for chlamys draped from his waist, wearing laurel wreath and seated on omphalos to left, testing arrow with his right hand and resting his left on a bow leaning against the omphalos behind him; [monogram of ΟΨ to outer left] and monogram of ΤΑ to outer right. SC 535.1; HGC 9, 247a. 4.11gr, 17mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Toned. Rare.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
