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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Phoenicia, Tyre AR Half Shekel. Dated CY 146 (AD 20/21).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Laureate bust of Herakles-Melqart to right, with lion skin draped around shoulders / TYPOY [IEPAΣ KAI AΣY]ΛOY], eagle standing to left on prow, palm frond behind; PMς (date) above club to left; KP above monogram to right. DCA Tyre 538; DCA 922; HGC 10, 358. 5.40gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Kassander AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 310-307 BC. Amphipolis mint. In the name and types of Alexander III.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, legs spread, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; in left field, Λ above boukranion; monogram of ΗΓ beneath throne. Price 430; Ehrhardt 19. 17.12gr, 24mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Ex inventory of a Bavarian merchant. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 73, 23 July 2020, lot 265. -
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
BACIΛЄ[ധC AΓ]PIΠA, canopy / Three ears of corn; [L Ϛ (date)] across fields. RPC I, 4981; TJC 120; Hendin GBC 6, 6274; Hendin GBC 5, 1244; Sofaer 153-6. 2.30gr, 18mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
