LOT 3112
Macedon under Roman Rule AR Tetradrachm. Circa 95-70 BC. Uncertain mint. Aesillas, quaestor.
Head of the deified Alexander III 'the Great', with horn of Ammon over his ear, to right; ⵙ behind neck, MAKEΔONΩN below / AESILLAS Q in two lines, money chest, club, and chair; all within laurel wreath. SNG Copenhagen 1330; HGC 3.1, 1110. Very Fine. Light toning.(16.34gr, 28mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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Indo-Skythians. Western Kshatrapas (Western Satraps), Nahapana AR Drachm. Circa AD 53-99.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Legend in Greek around diademed head to right, wearing cap / Legend in Kharosthi around arrow and thunderbolt. Senior 303. 2.03gr, 17mm.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 25mm. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Wreathed and veiled head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑN[...] ΚΑΛΧΑ[...], Poseidon seated to right, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left. Cf. Schönert-Geiss 1276-82; HGC 3.2, 1428. 11.16gr, 25mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Kings of Cappadocia, Ariarathes V Eusebes Philopator AR Drachm. Dated RY 1 (163/2 BC). Eusebeia-Mazaca mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Diademed head to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘOV ΕVΣEBOVΣ, Athena Nikephoros standing to left, with spear and shield; monogram to inner left, T to inner right. Simonetta, Coins 6a; Simonetta 6. 3.92gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
