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LOT 2652
Thrace, Abdera AR Tetrobol. Circa 336-311 BC.
ΙΠΠΩΝΑΞ(?) (Hipponax), magistrate. ΑΒΔΗ-[Ρ]ΙΤΕΩ[Ν], griffin springing to left ΕΠΙ ΙΠΠ[ΩΝΑΚΤΟΣ?], laureate head of Apollo to right; above, scallop shell. Cf. May 544; HGC 3.2, 1227i. Good Very Fine.(2.56gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Caria, Mylasa AR Tetartemorion. Circa 420-390 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Milesian standard. Forepart of lion to right, head, with open jaws, turned back / Male head (Apollo?) facing slightly to left. SNG Kayhan 837-8. 0.29gr, 6mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Toned. Rare.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Phrygia, Apameia AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. Circa 88-67 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
ΔΙΟΤΡΕΦΗΣ (Diotrephes), magistrate. 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, between the snake heads, ΔIOTPEΦOYΣ in two lines, AΠA to left, two flutes to right. BMC 16; SNG Copenhagen 153. 12.24gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; only one other example on CoinArchives (Roma, E-89, 448).
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Tetradrachm. As Strategos of Asia, 320-306/5 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Sardeis mint. Struck circa 318-315 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III. 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 a low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; in left field, monogram of ΠΥ above eight-rayed star. Price 2664; ADM I Series XIX. 16.97gr, 26mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Toned, horn silver deposits.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
