LOT 3024
Illyria, Dyrrhachion AR Drachm. Circa 275-270 BC. Reduced Korkyraian standard.
Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Pegasus flying right; Δ below. HGC 3.1, 36; SNG Lockett 2224. Very Fine. Well toned.(2.30gr, 14mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 16mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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. 2.38gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hindu Shahis Kings of Kabul, Samanta Deva AR Jital. c. AD 850-1000.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Traces of Greek legend around horseman with spear riding right / Brahmi legend around humped bull seated left. ACW 1575-1588. 3.35gr, 19mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Indo-Skythian Kings, Azes AE 28mm. c. 58-12 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Poseidon, resting foot on river-god, standing facing, holding trident / Yakshi standing facing, holding vines; monogram to lower left. Senior 77.2; HGC 12, 674. 10.14gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
