LOT 3249
Hindu Shahis Kings of Kabul, Samanta Deva AR Jital. c. AD 850-1000.
Traces of Greek legend around horseman with spear riding right / Brahmi legend around humped bull seated left. ACW 1575-1588. Very Fine.(3.33gr, 20mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Kingdom of Axum, Ouzebas AE Unit. Late 4th-early 5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
⧾ •VΛZHⵎΛⵎ ⵎΛⵎIΛⵎVⵎ ('King Ouzebas'), draped bust of Ouzebas to right, wearing tight-fitting head cloth and circular earring; to left and right, ears of barley / ⧾ Τ•VΤ• ΛΡⵎⵎΗ TH XШΡΛ ('may this please the country'), draped bust of Ouzebas (or Ezanas?) to right, wearing tight-fitting head cloth and circular earring, within shallow round incuse inlaid in gold within circular border. Hahn, Aksumite, 26a; Munro-Hay, AC, 54. 2.06gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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, Rabbel II, with Shuqailat II 16mm. Attributed to year 6 (AD 75/6). Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Jugate busts of Rabbel II, laureate and draped and Shuqailat II, laureate, veiled and draped to right / Crossed cornucopiae, 'Rabbell Shuqailat' in Aramaic in two lines; 'his mother' in Aramaic below. Meshorer, Nabataea 146; CN Type 223; Barkay, Rabbel 18. 3.07gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
