LOT 2942
Kings of Bithynia, Nikomedes III Euergetes AR Tetradrachm. Dated CY 193 (105/4 BC). Nicomedia mint.
Diademed head to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ EΠIΦANOΥΣ NIKOMHΔOΥ, Zeus standing facing, head to left, crowning the king's name with his right hand and holding long sceptre in his left; to inner left, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt above monogram of MATP and ΓϘΡ (date). RG p.231; HGC 7, 645. Good Very Fine. Beautiful old cabinet tone.(16.72gr, 32mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2942
Kings of Bithynia, Nikomedes III Euergetes AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
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Spain. Castulo AE Semis. Early 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Diademed male head to right; to right, Iberian 'ka' / Bull standing right; above, L and crescent; below, 'kastilo' (in Iberian). ACIP 2156; SNG BM Spain 1359-76; SNG Copenhagen 213-6. 4.66gr, 21mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy IV Philopator AE Drachm. 222-205/4 BC. Alexandreia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Horned head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing tainia with basileion / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle, with closed wings, standing to left on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia to left, Σ(?) between legs. Cf. CPE B497; cf. Svoronos 992. 54.38gr, 41mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
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Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 18mm. Dated RY 6 (4/3 BC). Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head to right; Aramaic ḥēth and semkath flanking neck / Huldu standing to left, raising her right hand; date to right, Aramaic semkath and ḥēth across fields. Meshorer, Nabataea 66; DCA 977. 3.98gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
