LOT 3384
Kingdom of Persis. Napad (Kapat) AR Hemidrachm. 1st century AD.
Bearded bust to left, wearing diadem and Parthian-style tiara / Bearded bust to right, wearing diadem; star and crescent before(?). K&M 4/47; Tyler-Smith, Parcel type 3b, -; Alram 611; Sunrise 633 var. (diademed bust to left). Very Fine.(1.55gr, 15mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Cilicia, Tarsos AE 20mm. 164-27 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Turretted and veiled bust of Tyche to right / ΤΑΡΣEΩΝ, Sandan standing on back of horned and winged animal to right, wearing tall headdress, bow-case and sword, right hand raised, holding bipennis with left hand; ЄΠΙ ΓЄ in two lines to left. SNG BnF -; SNG Levante -; BMC 102. 5.58gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Gaul, Massalia AR Drachm. 2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Light standard. Diademed and draped bust of Artemis to right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Lion standing to right, raising foreleg; MAΣΣA above, N(?) beneath lion's foreleg, AAΠ in exergue. LT- ; BN 1376; MHM 55/2. 2.15gr, 16mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine. Nice deep cabinet toning. Extremely rare with this legend.
Ex cgb.fr. (bga_198328). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Judaea, Caesarea Maritima AE 'Minim'. 1st-3rd centuries AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Turretted head of Tyche to right; three pellets before / Palm tree; three pellets(?) to left. Cf. Hamburger, “Minute Coins from Caesarea,” ‘Atiqot I (1955), 17-19 (different marks on obverse). 0.60gr, 10mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
