LOT 2871
Gaul, Massalia AR Obol. Circa 440-410 BC.
Male head right, wearing helmet decorated with four-spoked wheel / Wheel. Maurel 271-288; Depeyrot 2. Very Fine.(0.83gr, 9mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos I Soter AV Stater. 281-261 BC. Uncertain or Aï Khanoum mint. Imitative issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Diademed head to right / BAIIΛΥ ΑΝΤΙΟΧ, horsehead to right, ΔΙ to right. For prototype cf. ESM 683a; cf. Vecchi I, 360, A13 p.14; cf. Kritt, The Seleucid Mint of Aϊ Khanoum, pl.38.2. 8.21gr, 17mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Oxford academic collection; ex de Clermont. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 19mm. Dated RY 10 (AD 1). Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate head to right / Eagle with closed wings standing to left; date at end of legend to right. Meshorer, Nabataean 80; Sofaer 53. 4.58gr, 19mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleukid Empire, Cleopatra Thea & Antiochos VIII AE 19mm. Dated SE 190 (123/2 BC). Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Radiate and diademed head to right / Owl standing to right, head facing, on overturned amphora; BAΣIΛIΣΣHΣ KΛEOΠATPAΣ in two lines to right, KAI BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY in three lines to left; IE to inner right; below, ꟼP (date) and dolphin to right. SC 2263.3c var. (IE to outer right); SNG Spaer 2448 var. (same). 6.11gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished variant.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
