LOT 2961
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 13mm. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40.
Petra mint; struck circa 9/8 BC. Laureate head to right / Two cornucopiae; palm frond to right, ḥēth to left. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 63A. Near Very Fine.(2.41gr, 13mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 542, 19 July 2023, lot 195;
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Ionia, Erythrai AR Drachm. Struck circa 290-275 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings, MTP monogram in left field and ΣΕ monogram beneath throne. Price 1894A var. (club in let field). 4.23gr, 17mm, 1h
Very Fine.
Ex Reeman Dansie, Colchester, 8 December 2010; Acquired at an UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector; Collector's ticket included. -
Islands off Karia, Rhodes AR Drachm. Circa 88/42 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Radiate head of Helios facing slightly to the right / Rose seen from above; below, corn ear to right; P-O flanking. Ashton & Weiss 9 (A2/P9); Karl 642; SNG von Aulock 2839 (same obverse die). 4.04gr, 19mm, 12h
Extremely Fine. Well struck on a broad flan.
Ex Nomos AG, obolos 15, 24 May 2020, lot 390 (dealer's ticket included). -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Tetradrachm. 323-317 BC.
Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Uncertain mint in Cilicia. Struck under Philotas or Philoxenos, circa 323-317 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; wreath in left field, ΔI beneath throne. Price 2949 [Side(?)]; Müller 550. 17.17gr, 26mm, 9h
Extremely Fine. Lustrous metal; gold iridescence around the devices.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005.
