LOT 3091
Thrace, Chersonesos AR Hemidrachm. Circa 357-320 BC.
Forepart of lion to right, head reverted / Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; in two sunken quarters: pellet and monogram, pellet. McClean -; HGC 3.2, 1437. Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unique variant.(1.92gr, 14mm.).
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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Cilicia, Seleukeia ad Calycadnum AE 23mm. Mid-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Helmetted and draped bust of Athena to right; ΣA to left, palm branch to right / ΣEΛEΥKEΩN TΩN ΠΡOΣ TΩI KAΛΥKAΔNΩI, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm; NKI KAΛ in two lines in left field. SNG BnF 903-904; SNG Copenhagen 200. 6.84gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Ionia, Ephesos AE 14mm. Circa 50-27 BC. IAΣΩΝ (Jason), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Bee within laurel wreath / Stag standing to right before torch, fillet in mouth; IAΣΩN in exergue. BMC -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen 350-1. 2.40gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Tetradrachm. Struck under Philotas or Philoxenos, circa 323-317 BC. Uncertain mint in Cilicia. In the name and types of Alexander III.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, 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; wreath in left field, ΔI beneath throne. Price 2949 [Side(?)]; Müller 550. 17.17gr, 26mm, 9h.
Extremely Fine. Lustrous metal; gold iridescence around the devices.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005.
