LOT 4258
Khwarazmia, King Kanik CU Drachm. Early 8th century AD.
Crowned bust right / King on horseback to right, holding a whip. MIG 4, Choresmia type 500. Very Fine. Chipped.(5.18gr, 28mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Kingdom of Axum, Wazena (Ella Gabaz) AE Unit. Circa AD 550-570.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Draped bust to right, wearing head cloth, holding wheat stalk topped with cross; Ge'ez legend "May this please the peoples" around / Cross crosslet with gilt punch holed centre crossed by oblique cross; Ge'ez legend "of Wazena, of the King" around. SACAM 391; H 70; Munro-Hay Types 118-123. 1.26gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Pierced.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Spain, Barskunes AR Denarius. Late 2nd century BC.
Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Bare head to right; Iberian BENKOTA behind / Warrior on horseback to right, holding sword; Iberian BASKUNES below. ACIP 1630; SNG BM Spain 904-7; CNH 10. 3.79gr, 18mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
Private collection, France. Private European collection. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VI Philometor AE Obol. First sole reign, 180-170 BC. Cyprus mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; lotus flower in left field, EYΛ between legs; c/m: Seleukid anchor within rectangular incuse. Svoronos 1398 (Ptolemy VI with Eulaios); Lorber, Lotus Series VI.3; Weiser 152 (Ptolemy VI with Eulaios); SNG Copenhagen 294; Noeske -. 15.56gr, 25mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
