LOT 2709
Ancient Greek Coins - Sabaeans - Arabia Felix - Owl AR 5g Unit 354-300 B.C.
Obv: head of Athena right, eye in profile, wearing crested helmet with two olive leaves and scroll, and circular ear ring, retrograde South Arabian letter 'n' on cheek. Rev: AQE to right of owl standing right, head facing, olive spray and crescent in upper left field. Very fine.(5.11 grams.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London gentleman.
LiteratureBMC 5; Huth & Van Alfen SII.A; HGC 10, 720.
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LOT 2709
Ancient Greek Coins - Sabaeans - Arabia Felix - Owl AR 5g Unit
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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Ancient Greek Coins - Egypt - Ptolemy VI - Isis Bronze 163-145 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Second reign. Obv: head of Isis right, wearing wreath of grain ears, hair in long formal curls down her neck. Rev: BASILEWS PTOLEMAIOY legend with eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings spread; PA monogram in left field. 16.68 grams.
Very fine.
Property of a North London gentleman. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonia - Alexander III (the Great) - Countermarked AR Tetradrachm 197-196 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Posthumous issue, Perga, Pamphylia mint, dated Year 25. Obv: head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress. Rev: ALEXANDROY with Zeus seated left, right leg drawn back, holding eagle and sceptre; date KE in left field; head of Helios facing countermark below. 16.26 grams.
Good fine.
Ex UK private collection. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonia - Amphipolis - Shield AR Tetradrachm 158-150 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £293
Obv: diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver behind shoulder, all at the centre of a Macedonian shield decorated with three dots between stars in crescents. Rev: MAKEDONWN PRWTHS legend club to right, DYSHR monogram above, TKR monogram in lower left field, TYRE monogram in lower right field, all within oak wreath, thunderbolt in outer left field. 14.66 grams.
Very fine; obverse with adhesions.
Acquired on the German art market around 2000. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
