LOT 3142
Mysia, Adramyteion as Agathokleia AE 16mm. Circa 287-282 BC.
Diademed male head to right / ΑΓΑΘΟ, owl standing to right, head facing; uncertain countermark. CN Online 50369; Stancomb, Agathopolis: A mint on the Black Sea Coast, 2-3; Tekin, Agathocles and Adramyteum, 36. Near Very Fine. Rarely counterarked issue of Adramyteion as Agathokleia.(3.68gr, 16mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceEx Münzzentrum Rheinland.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Group of Five [5] Greek AR Fractions. 4th-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Various types. 5.66gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Sicily, Syracuse AR 10 Litrai. Hieronymos, 215-214 BC. ΞΑ- (XA-), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £923
Diademed head of Hieronymos to left / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΟΣ IΕΡΩΝΥΜΟΥ, winged thunderbolt; ΞA above. Buceti 1572; Holloway 55; SNG ANS 1032; HGC 2, 1567. 8.48gr, 23mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Attractive iridescent toning. Slightly double struck. Very rare with this magistrate's name.
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. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AR Drachm. Struck under Menander, circa 324/3 BC. Sardes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, legs spread, his feet resting on low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; monogram of EY in left field, rose beneath throne. Price 2553; ADM I Series IX. 4.26gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex London, UK, collection, 2000s.
