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 Apion (as King of Kyrenaika) AE Chalkous. Circa 104/1-96 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Kyrene mint. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon to right / BAΣIΛE ΠTOΛ, headdress of Isis. Asolati 113; Svoronos 1845 (Ptolemy XIII, Alexandreia); SNG Copenhagen 685 ff. (Ptolemy IX, uncertain mint on Cyprus). 2.25gr, 13mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaeus (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 103-76 BCE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Jerusalem mint. Splayed double cornucopiae with pomegranate/poppy between the horns / 'Yehonatan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews' (in Paleo-Hebrew) within wreath. Cf. Hendin GBC 6, 6186; HGC 10, 641. 2.13gr, 15mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
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Nabataea, Malichos II, with Shuqailat II AR Sela'-Drachm. AD 40-70.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Petra mint. Uncertain date. Laureate and draped bust of Malichos to right / Veiled and draped bust of Shuqailat to right. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 123-139. 3.68gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
