LOT 3215
Cyprus, Evagoras II AE 13mm. Circa 361-351 BC. Salamis mint.
Helmetted head of Athena to left, drapery around neck / Forepart of bull to left; Σ to lower left. Destrooper -; McGregor -; Zapiti & Michaelidou 21; Tziamazis 131. Very Fine.(2.54gr, 13mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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North Africa, Carthage AR Quarter Shekel. Second Punic War issue, circa 213-211 BC. Akragas mint under Punic occupation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Male head to right (Triptolemos?), wearing wreath of grain ears / Horse leaping to right, Punic ḤT below. Burnett, The Enna Hoard, SNR 62, 148-149; SNG Copenhagen 380. 1.99gr, 14mm, 8h.
Near Extremely Fine. Deep old cabinet tone.
Acquired from Praefectus Coins (J.P. Anderson). Ex Spink, Auction 22108, 25 August 2022, lot 3098. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 20mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; [H-F?] in Aramaic across fields / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. 3.22gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Lydia, Thyessos AE 16mm. Circa 4th Century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate head of Zeus Ammon to left / Eight-rayed star, Θ-Y above. GRPC Lydia 3; BMC 3 (Troas, Thymbra); SNG von Aulock 1584 (same). 4.06gr, 16mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
For the reattribution of this coinage from Thymbra in Troas to Thyessos in Lydia, see D. S. Lenger, "Thyessos in Lydia, not Thymbra in the Troad" in D. Boteva, ed., Ex nummis lux: Studies in Ancient Numismatics in Honor of Dimitar Draganov (Sofia, 2017).
