LOT 3021
Indo-Greek Kingdom, Menander I Soter AR Drachm. Circa 155-130 BC.
BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ MENANΔPOY, diademed and draped bust to right / 'Maharajasa tratarasa Menamdrasa' (Of the Great King Menander the Savior) in Kharosthi, Athena Alkidemos standing to left, wielding thunderbolt and shield; monogram of AY to left. Bopearachchi 13A; Mitchiner 215t; SNG ANS 771-3; HGC 12, 191. Near Extremely Fine.(2.47gr, 17mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 86, 17 December 2023, lot 84 (dealer's ticket included).
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Sicily, Syracuse AE 15mm. Time of the Second Democracy, circa 415-405 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head of Arethousa to left, with her hair bound by ampyx in the front and sphendone in the back; olive branch behind / ΣYPA, dolphin swimming to right above scallop shell. CNS II, 24; HGC 2, 1480. 3.49gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Obodas III AE 20mm. 30-9 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Petra mint. Dated RY 21 (10/9 BC). Laureate head to right; ḥēth-[semkath?] across fields / Female figure standing facing, head to left, raising right hand; 'Obodas, king of the Nabataeans' and date in Aramaic around; semkath-ḥēth' across fields. Meshorer, Nabataea 39a; Sofaer 25-6. 4.61gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Group of Eight [8] AR Sigloi of Achaemenid Empire. 5th-4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Various types. 44.51gr total.
Fine to Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
