LOT 3351
Kings of Charakene, Attambelos IV AR Tetradrachm. Dated SE 372(?) (AD 60/1). Charax-Spasinu mint.
Diademed head to right / Herakles seated to left on rock, holding club; monogram above arm, letter beneath arm; TOB(?) (date) in exergue. Alram -; BMC 6 (listed as Attambelos III); DCA 490 (same). Near Very Fine.(14.46gr, 26mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 57, 30 May 2019, lot 571.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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LOT 3351
Kings of Charakene, Attambelos IV AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Phoenicia. Byblos, 'Aynel (Enylos) AR 1/16 Shekel. Circa 350-316/5 BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £15
Two hoplites, holding shields, on galley to left above waves, prow ending in lion's head; below, hippocamp to left / Lion attacking bull to left. E&E-B Series IV.4.2; HGC 10, 139. 0.75gr, 11mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Lydia, Thyessos AE 16mm. Circa 4th Century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate head of Zeus Ammon to left / Eight-rayed star, Θ-Y above. GRPC Lydia 3; BMC 3 (Troas, Thymbra); SNG von Aulock 1584 (same). 4.06gr, 16mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
For the reattribution of this coinage from Thymbra in Troas to Thyessos in Lydia, see D. S. Lenger, "Thyessos in Lydia, not Thymbra in the Troad" in D. Boteva, ed., Ex nummis lux: Studies in Ancient Numismatics in Honor of Dimitar Draganov (Sofia, 2017). -
Thrace, Chersonesos AR Hemidrachm. Circa 386-338 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Forepart of lion to right, head reverted to left / Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; AΓ monogram and grain ear in opposite sunken quarters. McClean 4089; HGC 3.2, 1437. 2.12gr, 14mm.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
