LOT 3035
Attica, Athens AE 15mm. c.307-300 BC.
Head of Athena in Corinthian helmet right / ΑΘ/Η, owl standing left within olive wreath. Kroll 50; HGC 4, 1719. Very Fine.(3.43gr, 15mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Phoenicia. Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Galley to left, containing two hoplites with helmets and round shields; hippocamp to left below / Lion attacking bull to left. Cf. HGC 10, 139. 0.80gr, 10mm, 1h.
Good Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Phoenicia, Sidon. Ba'alsillem (Sakton) II AR Dishekel. Undated issue, struck circa 401-370 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
Phoenician galley to left; B (in Phoenician) above, waves below / Persian king and driver in chariot to left; to right, king of Sidon, in Egyptian style garments, holding cultic sceptre, walking to left. E&E-S Group IV.1.1; HGC 10, 236. 27.25gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. From a private collection, Switzerland; thence by descent. From a private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Nabataea, Rabbel II, with Shaqilat AR Sela'-Drachm. AD 70-106. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Laureate and draped bust of Rabbel II to right; inscription in Aramaic around / Veiled and draped bust of Shaqilat to right; inscription in Aramaic around. Cf. CN 218; cf. Meshorer, Nabataea, 144. 2.45gr, 16mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
