LOT 3121
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC.
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring, pearl necklace and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig with berry and crescent moon in upper left field, all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31; HGC 4, 1597. Near Extremely Fine.(17.19gr, 24mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Mysia, Kyzikos AR Obol. Circa 550-480 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Head of tunny fish to right / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze, Nomisma IX Kyzikos, Gruppe I 3, Tafel V 3 var. (tunny's head to left); SNG BnF 356 var. (diobol). 0.46gr, 9mm.
Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Asia Minor or Lydia, Uncertain Mint or King AR Hemiobol. Circa 5th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Head of roaring lion to right / 'buquru'(sic) in Lydian(?) around symbol; all within circular incuse. SNG Kayhan 746 var. (uncertain mint of Ionia or Karia; no inscription); Rosen 406 var. (same). 0.31gr, 7mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 16mm. Struck circa AD 17/8-39/40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Aretas, in military attire, standing facing, head to left, holding spear and sword; palm frond to left, het (in Nabataean) to upper right / Shaqilat, veiled, standing to left, raising hand; wreath to left. CN 187d; cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 97. 2.54gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
