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LOT 3084
Cilicia, Mallos. Tiribazos, Satrap of Lydia AR Stater. 388-380 BC.
Ba'al standing to left, holding eagle and sceptre / Ahura-Mazda, body terminating in winged solar disk, facing, head to right, holding wreath and lotus flower. Casabonne Series 1; BMC 12 = Traité II 582, pl. CVII, 20. Good Fine. Corroded surfaces.(8.74gr, 23mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Aiolis, Temnos, AE 13mm. 2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Laureate head of Apollo right / T-A, bunch of grapes hanging from vine-branch, monogram to right. SNG Copenhagen 255. 2.33gr, 13mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Nabataea, Obodas II, with Hagaru I AR Sela'-Drachm. Dated RY 11 (20/19 BC). Petra mint.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £63
'BDT MLKA' in Nabataean to right, diademed and draped bust of Obodas to right; 'ŠNT' and date 11 in Nabataean to left / Jugate diademed and draped busts of Obodas and Hagaru to right. CN 50 var. (Nabataean Ḥ in field on reverse); Meshorer, Nabataea -; DCA2 1015. 4.57gr, 18mm, 10h.
Very Fine. Struck with worn dies, large lamination on reverse.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 565, 3 July 2024, lot 255. -
Persia, Alexandrine Empire. Uncertain Satrap AV Double Daric. After 315 BC. Babylon mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380
The Great King, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear with right hand and bow with left / Wavy stripes patterned incuse punch. Cf. Nicolet-Pierre, Travaux Le Rider, p. 298, 6 and pl. 30, 6. 16.72gr, 20mm.
Good Very Fine. Test cut on reverse. Areas of weakness. Rare.
Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 182, 14 March 2011, lot 362. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 123, 9 May 2021, lot 873.
