LOT 3291
Kings of Numidia, Massinissa or Micipsa AE Unit. 203-148 BC or 148-118 BC.
Laureate head to left / Horse galloping to left; pellet below. Mazard 53; MAA 18a; SNG Copenhagen 505. Good Fine.(12.56gr, 28mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Northwestern Arabia, Lihyan AE 'Tetradrachm'. 2nd-1st centuries BC. Imitating Athens.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Stylised head of Athena to right, upward crescent on cheek / Owl standing to right, head facing; olive spray to left. Cf. Huth, Athenian, fig. 5, e; cf. Huth 40. 8.36gr, 22mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Persia, Alexandrine Empire. Uncertain Satrap AV Double Daric. After 315 BC. Babylon mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380
The Great King, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear with right hand and bow with left / Wavy stripes patterned incuse punch. Cf. Nicolet-Pierre, Travaux Le Rider, p. 298, 6 and pl. 30, 6. 16.72gr, 20mm.
Good Very Fine. Test cut on reverse. Areas of weakness. Rare.
Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 182, 14 March 2011, lot 362. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 123, 9 May 2021, lot 873. -
Troas, Assos AR Drachm. Circa 500-450 BC. Chian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Griffin springing to left / Head of lion to right within incuse square. SNG Arikantürk -; BMC 1; Boston MFA 1626. 2.78gr, 15mm, 12h.
Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
