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LOT 2627
Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Drachm. Late 5th-4th centuries BC.
Facing head of Medusa with tongue protruding and snakes as hair / Upright anchor; crayfish to left, A to right. Topalov, Apollonia p. 337, 7; HGC 3.2, 1323. Near Extremely Fine.(3.34gr, 13mm, 1h.).
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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Kingdom of Macedon, Time of Alexander III to Philip III AR Tetradrachm. Circa 324/3-320 BC. Arados mint. Struck under Menes or Laomedon in the name and types of Alexander III.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; Σ in left field, monogram of AP (civic) beneath throne. Price 3316; Duyrat Group IV, Series 4. 17.01gr, 29mm, 8h.
Extremely Fine. A well-centred example struck on a large flan.
Acquired from Baldwins, UK. Property of a Kent lady. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 14mm. Struck circa 8/7 BC-AD 15/6. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Laureate head to right / Crossed cornucopiae; Aramaic letter in between. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 70. 1.86gr, 14mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Sasanian Kingdom. Husrav (Khosrau) I AR Drachm. Dated RY 26 (AD 556). AW (Ohrmazd-Ardaxšir [Ahwāz]) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Bust to right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent, korymbos set on crescent; behind head, 'may he increase' in Pahlawi, before head, 'Khosrau' in Pahlawi; crescent on right shoulder, stars flanking crown, ribbon over each shoulder; all within single border with crescents in margin. Countermark: crowned head to right within circular incuse / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; to left, date, to right, mint in Pahlawi; star and crescent flanking flames. SSCT -; SC Tehran -. 3.97gr, 31mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Very well-struck countermark. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
