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LOT 3061
Troas, possibly Kebren (as Antiochia) PB Trial Strike. First part of 3rd century BC.
Male bearded head to left / Head of ram to right; above, trident to right, A below. For a similar bronze emission cf. BMC 40. Good Very Fine. Very rare Greek test strike.(11.53gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
FootnotesIt has been suggested that such Greek lead test strikes were made by itinerant engravers in an effort to sell their services to cities that produced coins, much like modern coin patterns, which are made by artists to help officials visualise a coin before it is approved for production.
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LOT 3061
Troas, possibly Kebren (as Antiochia) PB Trial Strike.
Estimate £180 - 240€210 - 280 (for guidance only)$240 - 320 (for guidance only)
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Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AR Drachm. Struck under Lysimachos, circa 301/0-300/299 BC. Magnesia ad Maeandrum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, 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; in field to left, lion head to left above E; beneath throne, monogram of AP. Price 1993; Thompson 93 corr. (lion forepart). 3.96gr, 18m, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 103-76 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔOY, anchor / 'Yehonatan the King' in paleo-Hebrew between rays of eight-rayed star; all within diadem. Hendin 6189; Meshorer Group K; HGC 10, 637. 2.71gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phrygia, Akmoneia AE 21mm. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Magistrate Timotheos Menela, head of Zeus right, wearing oak wreath / AKMONE TIMOΘEOY MENEΛA, Asklepios standing facing, leaning upon serpent-entwined staff. SNG Copenhagen 12. 2.77gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
