LOT 3083
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. Ptolemy I Soter, as satrap, AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 320/19-315 BC. Arados mint. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / [Α]ΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, 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; AP (civic) monogram in left field. Price 3426 (Byblos); Taylor, Reattribution 294–307. Extremely Fine.(16.40gr, 28mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3083
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. Ptolemy I Soter, as satrap, AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
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Group of Two [2] AR Sigloi of Achaemenid Empire. 5th-4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Various types. 10.75gr total.
Condition as seen.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London. -
Ionia, Ephesos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 150-140 BC. Cistophoric standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Basket (cista mystica), with half-open lid, from which snake coils, around, ivy wreath with fruits / Two snakes coiled around a bow case ornamented with aplustre, and containing a strung bow; to left, bee above ΕΦΕ; to right, serpent coiled around altar. Kleiner & Noe Series 28; Pinder 22; SNG von Aulock 7837. 12.62gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Toned.
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 the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
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Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 19mm. Dated RY 10 (AD 1). Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate head to right / Eagle with closed wings standing to left; date at end of legend to right. Meshorer, Nabataean 80; Sofaer 53. 4.58gr, 19mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
