LOT 3113
Illyria, Dyrrhachion AR Drachm. Circa 80/70-60/55 BC. ΜΕΝΙΣΚΟΣ and ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΣ (Meniskos and Dionysios), magistrates.
ΜΕΝΙΣΚΟΣ, cow standing to right, head turned to nudge suckling calf standing to left below; bird above / [ΔΥΡ] ΔΙΟ-ΝΥ-[ΣIOY], double stellate pattern within double linear quadrangle. BMC 62; Meta V/86; Maier 201. Very Fine.(3.15gr, 17mm.).
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 2000s.
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Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 16mm. Struck circa AD 17/8-39/40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Aretas, in military attire, standing facing, head to left, holding spear and sword; palm frond to left, het (in Nabataean) to upper right / Shaqilat, veiled, standing to left, raising hand; wreath to left. CN 187d; cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 97. 2.54gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos IV Epiphanes AE 33mm. 169-168 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint. 'Egyptianizing' series.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Laureate head of Zeus-Serapis to right, wearing tainia with Osiris cap at tip / Eagle with closed wings standing to right on thunderbolt; BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY to right, ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ to left. SC 1413; Houghton 118; Newell, SMA 59; HGC 9, 643. 34.20gr, 33mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Kingdom of Persis. Darev (Darios) II AR Obol. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Diademed bust to left, wearing tiara decorated with crescent / King standing to left before fire altar. K&M 4/6; Alram 565. 0.65gr, 11mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
