LOT 2899
Kingdom of Axum, Anonymous AE Unit. Circa AD 359/60-450.
[...]CI-ΛC∀C ("King"), draped bust to right, wearing headcloth; within double circle border / TOYTOΛCCΕΙΙTHΧ[...] ("may this please the country"), small cross within circle. Cf. SACAM 151-89; AC 51. Near Very Fine(0.97gr, 14mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. Ptolemy VI Philometor AR Didrachm. Second sole reign, 163-145 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Uncertain mint in Cyprus. Dated year 116 of an uncertain era (147/6 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, aegis around neck / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; P-Iς (date) across field. Svoronos 1226; SNG Copenhagen 561; DCA 76. 6.65gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Ionia, Phokaia EL 1/6 of Stater or Hekte. Circa 521-478 BC.
Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £675
Head of Athena wearing Corinthian helmet to left; behind neck, seal swimming upwards / Quadripartite incuse square. BMFA 1906; Bodenstedt 32; SNG von Aulock -. 2.61gr, 9mm.
Extremely Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 25, 27 February 2016, lot 81 (since professionally cleaned). Ex Nomos AG, Auction 20, 10 July 2020, lot 217 (company's ticket included). -
Thrace, Odessos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 120-100 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / [Β]ΑΣIΛΕΩΣ [Α]ΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; ΟΔΗ in inner left field, ΕΣΤIΑΙ in exergue. Price 1206; SNG Stancomb 270; HGC 3, 1588. 14.35gr, 28mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Berkshire, UK, gentleman collector.
