LOT 3960
Kingdom of Axum, Ebana AV Unit. Circa AD 460-480.
⧾ CΛX ⧾ ΛCΛ ⧾ CΛC ⧾ CIN (interpretation uncertain - "King of the land of the Abyssinians" [much abbreviated]?), crowned bust to right, holding stick, grain ears flanking; within circular border / ⧾ CΛC ⧾ ΛCΛ ⧾ BCC ⧾ ΛNΛ ("King Ebana"), draped bust to right, wearing headcloth, holding fly-whisk, grain ears flanking; within circular border. Hahn & Keck 43; SACAM 255-76; H 34; AC 71-3; Vaccaro 38 (Esbael). Near Extremely Fine.(1.59gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics, e-sale 96, 5 May 2022, no.459.
Acquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3960
Kingdom of Axum, Ebana AV Unit.
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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Kings of Parthia, Mithradates I AR Tetradrachm. Dated SE 173 (140/139 BC). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint.
Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,300
Diademed and draped bust of Mithradates I to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ME-ΓAΛOY APΣA-KOY ΦIΛEΛ-ΛHNOΣ, Herakles standing to left, holding skyphos in his right hand and club and lion skin in his left; monogram of APT in outer left field; Γ[ΟΡ] (date) in exergue. Sellwood 13.3; Shore 36; Sunrise 261. 15.57gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Minor deposits. Rare.
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Estimate: £25 - 35 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Drachm. Late 5th-4th centuries BC.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £75
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Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
