LOT 3263
Kingdom of Axum, Ouzebas AE Unit. Late 4th-early 5th century AD.
⧾ •VΛZHⵎΛⵎ ⵎΛⵎIΛⵎVⵎ ('King Ouzebas'), draped bust of Ouzebas to right, wearing tight-fitting head cloth and circular earring; to left and right, ears of barley / ⧾ Τ•VΤ• ΛΡⵎⵎΗ TH XШΡΛ ('may this please the country'), draped bust of Ouzebas (or Ezanas?) to right, wearing tight-fitting head cloth and circular earring, within shallow round incuse inlaid in gold within circular border. Hahn, Aksumite, 26a; Munro-Hay, AC, 54. Near Very Fine.(2.06gr, 17mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Seleukid Empire, Tryphon AE 18mm. Circa 142-138 BC. Uncertain mint 100, in northern Syria.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Diademed head to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΤΡΥΦΩΝΟΣ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΟΣ, Macedonian helmet with ibex horn to left; AΣK to inner left. SC 2039; HGC 9, 1061. 4.58gr, 18mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Phoenicia, Sidon. Mazaios (Mazday), satrap of Eber Nari AR Sixteenth Shekel. 353-333 BC. Uncertain date.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Phoenician galley sailing to left; [date in Phoenician above], waves below / Persian king or hero, holding dagger, standing to right, fighting lion standing to left on its hind legs; MZ (in Phoenician) between. HGC 10, 265. 0.70gr, 9mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kings of Parthia, Phraates IV Fourrée Tetradrachm. Circa 38/7-2 BC. Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Uncertain date.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Diademed and draped bust to left / BAΣIΛEΩC BAΣIΛEΩN APΣAKOY EYEPΓETOY ΔIKAIOY EΠIΦANOYΣ ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ, Phraates seated to right on throne, receiving palm from Tyche standing to right, holding cornucopia; uncertain date in exergue. Cf. Sellwood 51.43; cf. Callataÿ, Tétradrachmes 224. 11.73gr, 28mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
