LOT 3734
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. Good Very Fine.(3.27gr, 14mm, 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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LOT 3734
Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Drachm.
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£75 (EUR 87; USD 101) +BP*
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Cilicia, Tarsos AR Hemiobol. Time of Pharnabazos and Datames, Satraps. 379-372 BC.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Bearded and helmeted male head (Ares?) to left / Female head facing slightly to left. SNG Levante 96; SNG BnF -; SNG von Aulock -. 0.83gr, 9mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
The Thracian Chersonese, Madytos AE Chalkous. Circa 350 BC.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Bull butting to right / M-A [Δ Y], hound seated to right; above, vine leaf. BMC 2 var. (star on reverse); SNG Copenhagen 926. 1.80gr, 13mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm. Struck as Strategos or king of Asia, in the name and types of Alexander III. 'Kolophon', circa 310-301 BC.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £49
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ to right, crescent in left field, monogram below throne. Price 1827; Müller 273. 4.25gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 97, 26 May 2022, lot 211. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
