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LOT 2740
Indo-Scythians, Azes AR Drachm. Circa 58-12 BC.
Azes on horseback to right, holding whip; Kharosthi letter before / Zeus standing to left, holding Nike and sceptre; monogram to left; Kharosthi letter(?) to right. HGC 12, 655. Good Fine.(1.88gr, 14mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 14mm. Circa 9 BC-AD 40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head to right / Crossed cornucopiae; Aramaic letter and pellet in between. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 70; cf. CN 96. 2.42gr, 14mm, 1h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Euboia, Histiaia AR Tetrobol. Circa 196-146 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Wreathed head of the nymph Histiaia to right / The nymph Histiaia seated to right on stern of galley, holding stylis; wing on galley, [IΣTIAIEΩN] around. HGC 4, 1525. 1.79gr, 13mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos III AE 13mm. 198 BC or later. Uncertain Mint 61, in Southern Coele Syria.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Laureate head of Apollo to right / [ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ] ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, horse trotting to right. SC 1094; CSE 438-9; HGC 9, 526. 3.02gr, 13mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Very rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
