LOT 3256
Kushan Rulers of Baktria, Kanishka CU Tetradrachm. c. AD 127-151.
ΒΑCIΛЄΥC BACIΛEWN KANHÞAOKOV, king standing facing, sacrificing over altar to left / NANA, Nana standing right, holding wand and bowl. Göbl 783; ANS 540-545; AWC 3087-9. Very Fine.(16.21gr, 27mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Caria, Myndos, AE 16mm. 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Laureate head of Zeus right / MYNΔΙΩΝ / ΜΗΤΡΟΔΩΡOC, winged thunderbolt. SNG Keckman 245. 4.29gr, 16mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Kingdom of Axum, Anonymous AE Unit. Circa AD 359/60-450.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Draped bust to right, wearing head-cloth / ΤΟΥΤΟ APECH TH XWPA, cross within linear border. Cf. Hahn & West 146; cf. Hahn & Keck, MAKS, 39. 0.65gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Kassander AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 310-307 BC. Amphipolis mint. In the name and types of Alexander III.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, legs spread, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; in left field, Λ above boukranion; monogram of ΗΓ beneath throne. Price 430; Ehrhardt 19. 17.12gr, 24mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Ex inventory of a Bavarian merchant. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 73, 23 July 2020, lot 265.
