LOT 3015
Arabia, Mleiha. Imitative Abi'el BI Tetradrachm. Circa 1st century BC-2nd century AD.
In the types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress; dot on cheek / Figure seated to left, holding sceptre and horse in outstretched hand; 'b'l in Aramaic to right, palm tree before, trident-like symbol in inner left field, pellets behind, above and beneath strut of throne. Cf. Huth 130-5; HGC 10, 689. Very Fine.(16.36gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
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Phoenicia, Berytus AE 20mm. Circa 40-30 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Laureate head of Baal-Berit (Poseidon) to right, wearing kalathos; trident over shoulder / ΒΗΡ[Υ]-ΤΙΩΝ, Nike advancing to right, holding palm in left hand and wreath in right. BMC Phoenicia 26, pl. VII 15; Rouvier 474 (date above Baal's head). 6.45gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; only one other example on CoinArchives (Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 20, 784).
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Sicily, Akragas AE 21mm. Phintias, tyrant, 282-279 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Head of Artemis to left, quiver over shoulder / Boar standing to left; [BAΣI]ΛEOΣ above, ΦINTIA below. CNS 118; SNG ANS 1119-21; HGC 2, 171. 7.26gr, 21mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, E-Auction 295, 4 May 2024, lot 82. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AE Unit. 359-336 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Uncertain mint in Macedon. Diademed male head to right / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, youth on horseback to right; below, spearhead to right. SNG ANS 850-1. 7.85gr, 20mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine. Green patina.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
