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LOT 2740
Group of Ten [10] AE Greek Coins. 3rd-2nd century BC.
Various rulers and cities. Fine to Good Very Fine.(47.80gr total.). [10]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 12mm. Circa 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Petra mint; struck circa 8/7 BC - AD 15/6. Laureate head to right / Crossed cornucopiae; Aramaic letter ḥēth in between. Meshorer, Nabataea 70; CN 96. 1.15gr, 12mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Skythia, Olbia Cast AE Dolphin. Circa 500-450/25 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Dolphin / Dolphin. SNG Stancomb 334-337; SNG BM Black Sea 359-367. 3.30gr, 37mm x 12mm.
Very Fine.
From a private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. From Westminster collection, central London, UK.
The method of casting this unique type of coin was adopted by the Gallic Celts who originally came from this region. Dolphins were generally struck in the form of a "tree" attached to the tail, although some examples appear to have been cast individually. -
Sicily, Katane AR Drachm. Circa 405-403/2 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
KATANAIΩ-N, charioteer driving quadriga galloping to right, holding kentron in his right hand and reins in his left; above, Nike flying to left, crowning the charioteer with wreath / AMENANOΣ, head of the river-god Amenanos to left, wearing taenia; two fish and crayfish around. HGC 2, 582; SNG ANS 1263; SNG Copenhagen 181. 3.81gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Ian Roper collection, UK, before 2000. Property of a West London, UK, gentleman.
