LOT 2941
Lesbos, Mytilene AE 19mm. 3rd-2nd centuries BC.
Head of Zeus to right, with horn of Ammon / Facing herm of Dionysos on prow to right; M-Y T-I in two lines across fields, grape bunch to left, aplustre to right. BMC 132-3; HGC 6, 1048. Near Very Fine.(5.91gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the E.E. Clain-Stefanelli collection.
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Kingdom of Persia. Pakor II AR Obol. 1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Istakhr (Persepolis) mint. Diademed bust to left / Diademed bust to left. Van't Haaff, Persis, Type 590. 0.52gr, 13mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Graeco-Bactrian Kingdom, Eukratides I Megas AR Obol. Circa 170-145 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Diademed and draped bust to right / Caps of the Dioskouroi, each with palm frond; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ to left, monogram below. Bopearachchi 3C; HGC 12, 138. 0.68gr, 12mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Obodas II AE 23mm. Circa 30-9 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Petra mint. Dated RY 4 (27/6 BC). Diademed and draped bust to right / Filleted cornucopia to right(?); 'Obodas the king, king of the Nabataeans' in Aramaic around, 'Year 4' across field. Cf. CN 31; Meshorer, Nabataea -; DCA -. 9.33gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only one other example on CoinArchives (CNG e-541, 198).
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
