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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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 450-375 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (late). Lydo-Milesian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb. 5.57gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Rabbel II, with Gamilat AE 17mm. Struck circa AD 88/9-106/6. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Jugate laureate and draped busts of Rabbel and Gamilat to right / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. CN 235; Meshorer, Nabataea 163. 2.61gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phoenicia, Sidon. Uncertain Ruler AR Sixteenth Shekel. Circa 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Phoenician galley / Persian king or hero, holding dagger, standing to right, fighting lion standing to left on its hind legs; Phoenician letter between; all within incuse square. Cf. HGC 10, 240 (Sakton II). 0.56gr, 10mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
