LOT 3264
Kingdom of Axum, Wazena (Ella Gabaz) AE Unit. Circa AD 550-570.
Draped bust to right, wearing head cloth, holding wheat stalk topped with cross; Ge'ez legend "May this please the peoples" around / Cross crosslet with gilt punch holed centre crossed by oblique cross; Ge'ez legend "of Wazena, of the King" around. SACAM 391; H 70; Munro-Hay Types 118-123. Near Very Fine. Pierced.(1.26gr, 17mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Macedon, Akanthos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 525-470 BC.
Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,500
Attic standard. Lion attacking to right, biting into the hindquarter of bull kneeling to left and biting the leg of the lion; Θ above, three ground lines below, the middle composed of pellets; stylised acanthus flower ιn exergue / Quadripartite incuse square. Desneux 59 (D57)(?); AMNG III/2, 5; HGC 3, 383. 17.19gr, 27mm.
Near Extremely Fine. Nicely toned with golden iridescence around the devices on obverse.
From collection of Dr G.W., Germany. Ex Gorny & Mosch, Auction 37, 13 May 1987. -
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 103-76 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔOY, anchor / 'Yehonatan the King' in paleo-Hebrew between rays of eight-rayed star; all within diadem. Hendin 6189; HGC 10, 637. 1.98gr, 15mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Earthern green patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phoenicia, Sidon. Uncertain Ruler AR Sixteenth Shekel. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Phoenician galley sailing to left; Phoenician letters above, waves below / Persian king or hero, holding dagger, standing to right, fighting lion standing to left on its hind legs; Phoenician letters between. Cf. HGC 10, 265 (Mazaios). 0.68gr, 10mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
