LOT 2707
Ionia, Ephesos AR Hemihekte or 1/12 Stater. Circa 550-500 BC.
Bee / Stellate pattern within incuse square. Karwiese Series IIIa; SNG Kayhan 116-17. Good Very Fine. Toned.(0.84gr, 8mm.).
ProvenanceAcquired in London in 2011.
Private collection, Switzerland.
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Caria, Iasos AR Hemidrachm. 404-390 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Laureate head of Apollo to right / IAΣE, lyre within incuse square. HN Online 613; SNG Copenhagen 408. 1.74gr, 12mm, 9h.
Good Very Fine. Toned. Rare.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
According to the ancient authors, the mountains in the neighbourhood of Iasos were a source of beautiful marble, of blood-red and vivid white colour, ideal for ornamental purposes. Near the town was a sanctuary of Artemis Astias, with a statue of the goddess, and just as it was widely believed that the statue of the Kindyan Artemis, although in the open air, was never touched by snow or rain, so was the statue of Artemis Astias believed by the Iaseis. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 14mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Petra mint. Laureate head to right / Crossed cornucopiae; O between, letters in Aramaic to left and right. Cf. CN Type 150i. 1.24gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kingdom of Axum, Anonymous AE Unit. Circa AD 359/60-450.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
BACI-ΛEYC ("King"), draped bust to right, wearing headcloth; all within circle border / Uncertain legend in blundered Greek, cross within circle. Cf. Hahn & Keck 36; cf. SACAM 151-89; cf. H 33; cf. AC 52. 1.23gr, 14mm.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
