LOT 3169
Ionia, Ephesos AR Hemiobol. Circa 550-500 BC.
Bee with spread wings seen from above / Incuse square of mill-sail form, divided into raised and sunken triangles. Karwiese Series III; Rosen 572. Near Very Fine.(0.39gr, 7mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Nabataea, Uncertain King PB Tessera or Token. 1st century BC-1st century AD.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Male head to right / Bull butting to left. Cf. CN Category II, Group K, fig. 11.10; cf. Younis Al-Qatanani, Nabataean Coins, p. 141, 250, t1. 1.91gr, 13mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
![Group of Four [4] Nabataean AR Sela-Drachms.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/238243s.jpg)
Group of Four [4] Nabataean AR Sela'-Drachms. 1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Various types. 15.51gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Islands off Attica, Aegina AR Stater. Circa 456/45-431 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Land tortoise with segmented shell / Large incuse square with heavy skew pattern. Meadows, Aegina, Group IIIb; Milbank Period IV, pl. II, 12; SNG Copenhagen 517; Boston MFA 1116; HGC 6, 437. 12.50gr, 20mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Light cabinet tone.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
