LOT 3118
Boeotia, Thebes AR Stater. Circa 390-382 BC. Wast(ias), magistrate.
Boeotian shield / Volute krater with a decorated upper half, barley grain above, FA-ΣT across central field; all within shallow incuse circle. Hepworth 36; BCD Boiotia 494; BMC 120; HGC 4, 1330. Near Extremely Fine. Attractive old cabinet tone with blue iridescence around the devices on obverse and gold on reverse.(12.14gr, 22mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceEx A. A. Ravel, 1938.
Ex Pozzi 1443v TTB.
Ex Prunier Auction, Numismatic Auction June 2022, 27 June 2022, lot 198.
Acquired from Pecunia Numismatics.
Wastias was the pro-Spartan rival of Androkleidas and was instrumental in the latter's exile and assassination.
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South Arabia. Himyar, 'Amdan Bayan Yahaqbid AR Unit. Circa AD 100-120. Raydan mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Head to right within circular torque / Small head to right; yanaf-monogram to left, 'sceptre' to right. CAF 3.2ai; Huth 429. 1.24gr, 15mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Cilicia, Mallos AR Tetrobol or Third Stater. Circa 440-390 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Winged male figure advancing to right, holding solar disc in both hands / [MAP], swan standing to right; barley grain before; all in dotted incuse square within shallow incuse square. Casabonne Type 4; SNG BN -; SNG Levante -. 3.01gr, 12mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Ex Coincraft. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
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Euboia, Histiaia AR Tetrobol. 3rd-2nd centuries BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Head of the nymph Histiaia to right, wearing wreath of grape leaves and berries / IΣ[TI]- AIEΩN(partially inverted), Nymph seated to right on stern of galley, holding stylis in her left hand and resting her right on the deck; on the side of the stern, wing; below, monogram of AΓ and labrys. BCD Euboia 381; HGC 4, 1524. 2.39gr, 14mm, 10h.
Good Very Fine. A very beautiful example.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
