LOT 2909
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AE Unit. Circa 359-336 BC. Uncertain Macedonian mint.
Diademed male head to left / ΦIΛIΠΠOY, naked youth on horse to right, Θ(?) below. Cf. SNG ANS 926. Near Very Fine.(5.10gr, 18mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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South Arabia. Himyar, 'Amdan Bayan Yahaqbid AR Unit. Circa AD 100-120. Raydan mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Head to right within dotted circle interrupted by monogram to left / Small head to right; 'sceptre' to right. CAF 3.4i; Huth 441; SNG ANS 1595. 1.17gr, 14mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Thrace, Maroneia AE 16mm. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Wreathed head of Dionysos to right / Dionysos standing to left, nude but for chlamys draped over his arm, holding grape bunch and two narthex stalks; MAPΩNITΩN to right. HGC 3.2, 1541. 4.63gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
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Nabataea, Aretas IV PB Tessera or Token. Struck circa 9/8–6/5 BC. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head of Zeus to right / Bull butting to left, legend(?) above. Cf. CN Category II, Group K, fig. 11.10; cf. Younis Al-Qatanani, Nabataean Coins, p. 141, 250, t1. 1.96gr, 13mm, 2h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
