Noonans (formerly Dix Noonan Webb) > Auction 306Auction date: 25 September 2024
Lot number: 135

Price realized: 2,600 GBP   (Approx. 3,477 USD / 3,113 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


The Northern Greeklands

Greek Coinages, KINGDOM OF MACEDONIA, Aeropos (c. 398-394): Stater, perhaps struck at Aigai

Obverse: head of Apollo right, hair bound by band

Reverse: αεροπο: horse stepping slowly right, reins trailing below

Metal: silver; local weight standard; 10.56g/3h

References: Westermark pl. LXIX, 12; Lockett –; Ashmolean 2434

Condition: Very fine, dark patina with some light deposits £1,200-£1,500

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Provenance: Bt Spink, September 1969

Match 1:
Noonans (formerly Dix Noonan Webb) > Auction 306Auction date: 25 September 2024
Lot number: 136

Price realized: 5,500 GBP   (Approx. 7,356 USD / 6,584 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


The Northern Greeklands

Greek Coinages, KINGDOM OF MACEDONIA, Philip II (359-336): Eighth-Stater, struck at Pella, c. 345-336

Obverse: head of youthful Herakles right, wearing lion's scalp headdress, paws tied below chin

Reverse: φιλιππου: trident-head, facing lion's head on right

Metal: gold; Attic weight standard; 1.06g/12h

References: Le Rider 3 [D3/R3]; Lockett 1409, this coin = Pozzi 1682, this coin; Ashmolean –

Condition: About extremely fine and lustrous, faint scratch in obverse field £1,500-£1,800

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Provenance: Prof. S. Pozzi Collection, Naville Auction I, Lucerne, 14 March 1921, lot 846
Ars Classica Auction XVII, Lucerne, 10 March 1934, lot 353
R.C. Lockett Collection, Glendining Auction, 12 February 1958, lot 1321

Match 2:
Noonans (formerly Dix Noonan Webb) > Auction 306Auction date: 25 September 2024
Lot number: 137

Price realized: 7,500 GBP   (Approx. 10,031 USD / 8,979 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


The Northern Greeklands

Greek Coinages, KINGDOM OF MACEDONIA, Philip II: Tetradrachm, struck at Pella, c. 348-329

Obverse: laureate head of Zeus right

Reverse: φιλιπ[που]: nude youth on horse prancing right, holding palm-branch and wearing victor's diadem; kantharos below

Silver: Macedonian weight standard; 14.51g/11h

References: Le Rider 351 [D186/R281]; Lockett –; Ashmolean 2464

Condition: Extremely fine, struck in high relief; beautiful grey tone with diffused iridescence £900-£1,200

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Provenance: Bt Spink, October 1941

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Noonans (formerly Dix Noonan Webb) > Auction 306Auction date: 25 September 2024
Lot number: 158

Price realized: 9,000 GBP   (Approx. 12,037 USD / 10,774 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


The Hellenistic Kingdoms

Greek Coinages, KINGDOM OF MACEDONIA, Demetrios Poliorketes: Tetradrachm, struck at Amphipolis, c. 289/288

Obverse: head of Demetrios right, wearing royal diadem and bull's horn

Reverse: βασιλεωσ δημητριου: Poseidon standing left holding trident, leaning forward with right foot raised on rock; monogram to outer left [φπυ] and outer right [σε]

Metal: silver; Attic weight standard; 17.22g/6h

References: Newell 121, this coin listed [CXVIII/230] = Pozzi 2016, this coin; Ashmolean 3254

Condition: Almost extremely fine, beautiful dark tone, characterful portrait struck in high relief £2,000-£2,600

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Provenance: Prof. S. Pozzi Collection, Naville Auction I, Lucerne, 4 April 1921, lot 963
R. Laughlin Collection, Hess Auction, Lucerne, 18 December 1933, lot 62
H.P. Hall Collection, Glendining Auction, 19 July 1950, lot 83

Match 4:
Noonans (formerly Dix Noonan Webb) > Auction 306Auction date: 25 September 2024
Lot number: 134

Price realized: 4,600 GBP   (Approx. 6,152 USD / 5,507 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


The Northern Greeklands

Greek Coinages, KINGDOM OF MACEDONIA, Alexander I (498-454): Tristater, struck c. 470-460, perhaps in the vicinity of Mt. Pangaion

Obverse: horseman standing right behind horse, wearing chlamys and petasos, holding two spears

Reverse: αλεχανδρο: quadripartite square, incuse border around containing legend

Metal: silver; Thasian weight standard; 28.83g/11h

References: Raymond Gp II – [OP–/A10]; Triton VIII 134, same dies; Ashmolean 2407

Condition: Good fine, traces of find patina £2,000-£2,600

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Provenance: Bt Baldwin, December 1945

Match 5:
Noonans (formerly Dix Noonan Webb) > Auction 307Auction date: 25 September 2024
Lot number: 538

Price realized: 22,000 GBP   (Approx. 29,424 USD / 26,337 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


The Hellenistic Kingdoms

Greek Coinages, KINGDOM OF MACEDONIA, Philip III Arrhidaios (323-317): Stater, struck at Kolophon, Ionia, c. 322-319

Obverse: portrait of Alexander the Great right, in the guise of laureate Apollo

Reverse: φιλιππου: biga galloping right, charioteer holding kentron and reins; delphic tripod below

Metal: gold; Attic weight standard; 8.74g/12h

References: Thompson Philip 12; Kunstfreund 232; Ashmolean 2456

Condition: Better than extremely fine, sharply struck and with considerable mint lustre; a beautifully preserved coin, carrying a superb portrait £8,000-£12,000

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Provenance: Sutton Place Collection [purchased from Robert Haber in the 1990s]
CNG Triton XXIII, New York, 14 January 2020, lot 216

Struck at the very beginning of the Hellenistic Age, this coin represents a major milestone in the development of Western numismatic art. The types are essentially the same as those employed by Alexander's father, Phillip II, with divine head right on obverse and racing biga on reverse. However, the former has been subtly modified. The subject, which was once an formalised head of Apollo, has now become distinct and individualistic. Note the heavy brow, deep-set eyes, the prominent jaw, and scowl of the lips. Most of all, note the coiffed hair, with prominent curls falling over forehead. We have here a portrait of Alexander the Great (albeit disguised as Apollo). Its appearance ushers in the Hellenistic period and a programme of royal portraiture in spectacular fashion.