LOT 3080
Persia, Alexandrine Empire. Uncertain Satrap AV Double Daric. After 315 BC. Babylon mint.
The Great King, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear with right hand and bow with left / Wavy stripes patterned incuse punch. Cf. Nicolet-Pierre, Travaux Le Rider, p. 298, 6 and pl. 30, 6. Good Very Fine. Test cut on reverse. Areas of weakness. Rare.(16.72gr, 20mm.).
ProvenanceEx Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 182, 14 March 2011, lot 362.
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 123, 9 May 2021, lot 873.
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LOT 3080
Persia, Alexandrine Empire. Uncertain Satrap AV Double Daric.
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500€2,900 - 4,060 (for guidance only)$3,380 - 4,730 (for guidance only)
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Cilicia, Holmoi AR Obol. Circa 380-375 BC.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £44
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet / OΛΜΙΤAΝ, laureate head of Apollo Sarpedonios to right. Cf. SNG Levante 34 (legends and Apollo diademed). Cf. SNG Paris 121 (legends and Apollo diademed). 0.54gr, 9mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Property of a UK gallery. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Drachm. Struck under Menander or Kleitos, circa 322-319 BC. Kolophon mint. In the types of Alexander III.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, 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 ΠA in left field. Price P46. 4.05gr, 17mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman, acquired before 1985, thence by descent 2025. -
Sikyonia. Sikyon AR Obol. Circa 340-320 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £140
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΣΙ, dove flying to right. BCD Peloponnesos 257-61. HGC 5, 226. 0.84gr, 12mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine. Well centred.
Ex Nomos AG, obolos 25, 23 October 2022, lot 188.
