LOT 3288
Kyrenaika, Kyrene AE 19mm. Circa 250-246 BC. Koinon issue.
Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon to right / K-O-I / N-O-N, silphium plant. Asolati 61; SNG Copenhagen 1279. Very Fine.(9.60gr, 19mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Sicily, Syracuse. Hieron II AE. c.275-215 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Diademed head of Hieron II to left / [Ι]ΕΡΩΝΟΣ Helmeted cavalryman riding horse prancing to right, holding couched lance with his right hand, below forelegs. CNS II, 195 Rl 22. HGC 2, 1548. SNG ANS 938. 17.63gr, 26mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Kingdom of Axum, Wazena (Ella Gabaz) AE Unit. Circa AD 550-570.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Draped bust to right, wearing head cloth, holding wheat stalk topped with cross; Ge'ez legend "May this please the peoples" around / Cross crosslet with gilt punch holed centre crossed by oblique cross; Ge'ez legend "of Wazena, of the King" around. SACAM 391; H 70; Munro-Hay Types 118-123. 1.26gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Pierced.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nabataea, Rabbel II, with Shaqilat AR Sela'-Drachm. Dated RY 4 (AD 73/4). Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Laureate and draped bust of Rabbel to right; date in legend to left / Veiled, laureate, and draped bust of Shaqilat to right. Meshorer, Nabataea 145; DCA 984. 3.68gr, 13mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
