LOT 3184
Caria, Halikarnassos AE 20mm. Circa 200-180 BC. ΑΙΘΩΝ (Aithon), magistrate.
Facing head of Apollo-Helios, turned slightly to right / Helmetted and draped bust of Athena to right; ΑΛΙΚΑΡΝΑ before, AI[ΘΩN] behind. HNO Online 2585; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; BMC 54-5. Very Fine. Extremely rare.(6.73gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Münzzentrum Rheinland.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Macedon, Thessalonika AE 16mm. Time of the Flavians(?), circa AD 69-96. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Nike standing on globe to left; crescent in left field / ΘЄCCAΛΟΝΙΚЄΩΝ in four lines within laurel wreath. RPC I 326; Touratsoglou, Pseudoautonomen, II B, 1–4 (Domitian?). 3.89gr, 16mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Rare.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 90, 18 November 2021, lot 365 (company's ticket included). Property of a London antiquarian. -
Nabataea, Anonymous AE 16mm. Circa 3rd-2nd century BC. Petra(?) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Imitating staters of Alexander III of Macedon. Helmetted head of Athena to right / Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm; [crescent above Λ(?)] in left field. Cf. CN 2; HGC 10, 671. 3.54gr, 16mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
South Arabia. Himyar, 'Amdan Bayan Yahaqbid AR Unit. Circa AD 100-120. Raydan mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Head to right within circular torque / Small head to right; yanaf-monogram to left, 'sceptre' to right. CAF 3.2ai; Huth 429. 1.31gr, 14mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
