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)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Asia Minor, Uncertain Mint AR Hemitetartemorion. CIrca 5th-4th century BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Uncertain design / Incuse punch. 0.09gr, 5mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Caria, Antioch ad Maeandrum AE 12mm. Circa 168-100 BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Zeus to right; c/m: kerykeion within triangular incuse / ANTIO[...], forepart of humped bull recumbent to left on Maeander pattern, bunch of grapes in right field. Not in the major references. 1.24gr, 12mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Palmyrene, Palmyra AE 10mm. Circa 2nd-3rd centuries AD. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £35
Helmeted bust to right / Astarte(?) standing in galley facing, holding cornucopia in left hand and wreath in right. Unpublished in the standard references. 0.82gr, 10mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
