LOT 2999
Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Drachm. Circa 470-435 BC.
Facing Gorgoneion with tongue protruding, serpents around / Upright anchor; in field, crayfish to left and A to right. SNG Copenhagen 452; SNG BM Black Sea 157; SNG Bulgaria Russe 2, 120-168; HGC 3.2, 1323. Good Very Fine.(3.16gr, 14mm, 6h.).
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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Kings of Numidia, Massinissa or Micipsa AE Unit. 203-148 BC or 148-118 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Laureate head to left / Horse galloping to left; pellet below. Mazard 53; MAA 18a; SNG Copenhagen 505. 12.56gr, 28mm, 1h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm. Struck circa 310-301 BC. Lampsakos mint. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟ[Υ], Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; forepart of Pegasos to left; monogram of ΠΡ beneath throne. Price 1393; ADM II Series XVIII. 3.70gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 353-294 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring, pearl necklace and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig and crescent moon in upper left field. HGC 4, 1599. 17.01gr, 24mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Porous surface on obverse.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
