LOT 3095
Thrace, Mesambria AR Tetradrachm. Circa 225-175 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / [Β]ΑΣIΛΕΩΣ [Α]ΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, 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; to inner left, helmet to right; beneath throne, EΠI. Topalov, Messambria 13; Price 1020; HGC 3, 1567. Good Very Fine. Some delamination.(16.95gr, 30mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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Boeotia, Thebes AR Stater. Circa 390-382 BC. Wast(ias), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,510
Boeotian shield / Volute krater with a decorated upper half, barley grain above, FA-ΣT across central field; all within shallow incuse circle. Hepworth 36; BCD Boiotia 494; BMC 120; HGC 4, 1330. 12.14gr, 22mm, 2h.
Near Extremely Fine. Attractive old cabinet tone with blue iridescence around the devices on obverse and gold on reverse.
Ex A. A. Ravel, 1938. Ex Pozzi 1443v TTB. Ex Prunier Auction, Numismatic Auction June 2022, 27 June 2022, lot 198. Acquired from Pecunia Numismatics.
Wastias was the pro-Spartan rival of Androkleidas and was instrumental in the latter's exile and assassination. -
Seleucis and Pieria, Apameia AE 21mm. Dated SE 275 (38/7 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Helmetted and draped bust of Athena to right / ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΟΥ, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm; EOΣ (date) to inner left, [letters?] in exergue. RPC I 4337; DCA 413; HGC 9, 1424. 7.98gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Judaea, Uncertain Ruler AE Prutah. 1st century BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Legend in Paleo-Hebrew within wreath / Splayed double cornucopiae with pomegranate/poppy between the horns. 2.05gr, 14mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
