LOT 3730
Sicily, Syracuse AV Dekadrachm or 50 Litrae. Time of Agathokles circa 317-289 BC.
Laureate head of Apollo to left / ΣYPAKOΣ[IΩN], charioteer driving fast biga to right; triskeles running to right below. Bérend, Agathocle pl. 9, 1 var. (triskeles running to left); SNG ANS 549; HGC 2 1276. Extremely Fine. An attractive, bright example.(4.26gr, 14mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 118, 15 October 2002, lot 1130.
Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 136, 10 March 2008, lot 480.
Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 402, 14 March 2024, lot 588.
Acquired on the UK coin market.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3730
Sicily, Syracuse AV Dekadrachm or 50 Litrae.
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£1,000 (EUR 1,160; USD 1,350) +BP*
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Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AR Drachm. Circa 299-296 BC. Magnesia ad Maeandrum mint. In the types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding sceptre; ΛΥΣIMAXOΥ below, BAΣIΛEΩΣ to right, head of lion to left in left field, monogram below throne, Σ in outer right field. Price L32; Müller L30; Thompson 98. 4.02gr, 18mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely rare.
London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
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Philisita (Palestine), Uncertain mint AR Obol. Circa 353-333 BC. Imitating Athens.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Helmeted head of Athena to right / Owl standing to right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to left; [A]ΘΕ downwards before; all within incuse square. Gitler & Tal IX.1O. 0.66gr, 9mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Cleaning scratches.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleukid Empire, Seleucus IV Philopator AR Tetradrachm. 187-175 BC. Antioch mint.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £80
Diademed head of Seleucus IV right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ, Apollo seated left on omphalus, examining arrow held in right hand and resting left on grounded bow, palm branch and wreath in outer left field, Φ in exergue. HGC 9, 580e; SC 1313.6b. 15.11gr, 30mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Swis collection 2000s.
