LOT 2923
Cimmerian Bosporos, Pantikapaion AE 20mm. Circa 310-304/3 BC.
Beardless head of satyr to left; c/m: twelve-rayed star within circular incuse / Head of lion to left, sturgeon to left in exergue, Π-A-N around; c/m: bow in bow case (cut into die?). MacDonald 70; Anokhin 130; SNG Stancomb 554-5; SNG BM Black Sea 885-9; HGC 7, 114. Near Very Fine.(6.79gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the E.E. Clain-Stefanelli collection.
FootnotesMacDonald argues that after the application of these countermarks, coins without them were no longer considered legal tender. There are some examples of the countermarks being engraved directly into the dies, as they became a necessary feature of the design for the coins to circulate legally.
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Nabataea, Obodas III AE 20mm. 30-9 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Petra mint. Dated RY 21 (10/9 BC). Laureate head to right; ḥēth-[semkath?] across fields / Female figure standing facing, head to left, raising right hand; 'Obodas, king of the Nabataeans' and date in Aramaic around; semkath-ḥēth' across fields. Meshorer, Nabataea 39a; Sofaer 25-6. 4.61gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 450-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (late). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch; countermark: 42. Carradice Type IIIb. 5.65gr, 15mm.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE Quarter Unit. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Petra mint. Struck circa AD 1/2. Laureate head to right / Quarter (in Nabataean, mark of value) within wreath. CN 134; Meshorer, Nabataea 81. 2.60gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
