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LOT 3210
Lesbos, Eresos AE 9mm. Circa 300-200 BC.
Head of Hermes to left, wearing petasus / EPE, grain ear. Cf. HGC 6, 880. Near Very Fine. Very rare.(0.63gr, 9mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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South Arabia. Himyar, 'Amdan Bayan Yahaqbid AR Unit. Circa AD 100-120. Raydan mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Head to right within circular torque / Small head to right; yanaf-monogram to left, 'sceptre' to right. CAF 3.2ai; Huth 430-1. 1.05gr, 15mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian. -
Asia Minor, Uncertain mint (or Paphlagonia, Enetoi) AE 18mm. Circa 3rd-2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion-skin headdress / Monogram of EN containing kerykeion; bow to left, arrow head upwards to right, aphlaston below. Imhoof-Blumer, Kleinasiatische Münzen II, p. 529, 7 (uncertain mint) var. (arrangement of reverse symbols); J-N. Svoronos, JIAN 8-9 (1905), p. 166, 17, pl. V, 19 (Ennaia or Anaia, Karia). 4.21gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine. An extremely rare type.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Sicily, Himera. AR Hemidrachm. Circa 450-420 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Nude rider, holding conch shell and caduceus, on goat running to left / Nike flying to left, holding filleted aphlaston and holding up skirt. SNG ANS 170; Rizzo pl. 21, 19. 1.89gr, 15mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
