LOT 3034
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 353-294 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 and crescent moon in upper left field. HGC 4, 1599. Very Fine. Porous surface on obverse.(17.01gr, 24mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera AE Diobol-80 Drachmai. 51-30 BC. Alexandria mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Diademed and draped bust of Cleopatra to right / KΛEOΠATPAΣ [BAΣIΛIΣΣHΣ], eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left, Π (mark of value) to right. Svoronos 1871; Weiser 183; SNG Copenhagen 419-21; Noeske 380-2. 18.02gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Cimmerian Bosporos, Pantikapaion AE 17mm. Circa 325-310 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Bearded head of satyr to left / Π-A-N, head of bull to left. MacDonald 67; SNG BM Black Sea 890-3; HGC 7, -. 3.74gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Nabataea, Rabbel II, with Gamilat AE 16mm. Struck circa AD 88/9-106/6. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Jugate laureate and draped busts of Rabbel and Gamilat to right / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. CN 235; Meshorer, Nabataea 163. 2.99gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
