LOT 3244
Indo-Scythians, Azes AR Tetradrachm. Circa 58-12 BC.
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΖΟΥ, king on horseback to right, holding whip; letter in Kharosthi before / Athena standing to right, holding spear and shield in left hand and raising right; monogram to left and to right. Senior, Indo-Scythian, 98.160T; Mitchiner, Indo-Greek, 846e. Near Very Fine.(7.31gr, 23mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Lydia, Sardes AE 16mm. Circa 133 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΣAPΔI-ANΩN, club; all within oak wreath; [above, monogram]. Cf. SNG Tübingen 3778-9. 4.13gr, 16mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Attica, Athens AE 15mm. c.307-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Head of Athena in Corinthian helmet right / ΑΘ/Η, owl standing left within olive wreath. Kroll 50; HGC 4, 1719. 3.43gr, 15mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Philistia (Palestine) Gaza AR Obol. Mid 5th century-333 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Janiform head / Forepart of horse to right; Aramaic letter to upper left; all in linear square within incuse square. Gitler & Tal VI.8O; HGC 10, 567. 0.70gr, 8mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
