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LOT 2666
Dynasts of Lykia. Uncertain dynast AR Third Stater or Tetrobol. 5th century BC.
Forepart of goat or horse to left / Triskeles within incuse square. Traité -; Müseler -; Vismara -. Good Fine. Apparently unpublished.(2.87gr, 14mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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LOT 2666
Dynasts of Lykia. Uncertain dynast AR Third Stater or Tetrobol.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 17mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. 3.88gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch AE 20mm. Dated year 44 of the Actian Era (AD 13/14). Q. Caecilius Metellus Creticus Silanus, legatus Augusti pro praetore. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head of Zeus to right / EΠI ΣIΛANOY ANTIOXEΩN, ram running to right, head to left; star above, ΔM (date) below. RPC I, 4269; McAlee 99. 7.28gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kushano-Sasanians, Ohrmazd (Hormizd) I AE Drachm. Circa AD 265-295. Bactrian mint, probably Balkh.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Draped bust to right, wearing crown with decorated korymbos and lion's head; before head, 'Hormizd King' in Pahlawi / 'Exalted God' in Bactrian Shiva standing facing and holding trident in left hand; behind him, the bull Nandi standing to left. ANS Kushan, 2219. 2.06gr, 17mm, 1h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
