LOT 2907
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AE 11mm. 359-336 BC.
Uncertain Macedonian mint. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Club to right; ΦΙΛΙΠ-ΠΟΥ above and below. SNG ANS 979; HGC 3.1, 889. Near Very Fine.(1.03gr, 11mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, gentleman.
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Sasanian Kingdom. Peroz I AR Drachm. AD 457/9-484.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AY (Ērān-xvarrah-Šābuhr [Susa]) mint. Struck circa AD 477-484. Type 3. Bust to right, wearing crown with two wings, frontal crescent, and korymbos set on crescent, ribbon over each shoulder / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SNS type IIIb/1e; Sunrise -. 3.91gr, 27mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Ex property of a South West London gentleman. -
Macedon, Akanthos AR Diobol. Circa 430-390 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £125
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Quadripartite incuse square; [A-K-A-N] in quadrants. SNG ANS 50; SNG Ashmolean 2218; HGC 3.1, 393. 0.92gr, 11mm.
Near Extremely Fine.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005. -
Nabataea, Obodas II, with Hagaru I AE 24mm. Circa 30-9 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Petra mint. Dated RY 6 or 7 (25/4 or 24/3 BC). Jugate diademed and draped busts of Obodas and Hagaru to right / Crossed cornucopiae; 'Obodas the king, king of the Nabataeans year 6 (or 7)' in Aramaic around, O-ח across fields. Cf. CN 38a or 42a; cf. Barkay, King 19A or 23A; cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 26. 11.35gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
