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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North Africa, Carthage AE 1 1/2 Shekels. Second Punic War, circa 203-201 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Wreathed head of Tanit to left / Horse standing to right, head to left; pellet beneath bent foreleg. CNP 103a; MAA 81a; SNG Copenhagen 394. 8.86gr, 27mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
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Colchis, Dioskourias AE 16mm. Circa 105-90 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Caps of the Dioskouroi surmounted by stars / [ΔI-OΣ]-KOY-PIA-Δ-OΣ, thyrsos. SNG BM Black Sea 1021; SNG Stancomb 638; HGC 7, 205. 4.51gr, 16mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
BACIΛЄധC AΓPIΠA, 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. 2.83gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
