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LOT 2622
Lucania, Metapontion AE 16mm. Circa 225-220 BC.
Head of Leukippos to left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / [ΜΕ]ΤΑ, Demeter standing facing, holding long cross-torch in her right hand and resting her left on her hip; to left, barley ear. Johnston, Bronze, 67; HN Italy 1703; SNG München 1019; SNG ANS 561. Good Fine. Rare variety with left facing head of Leukippos.(3.48gr, 16mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Seleukid Empire, Alexander I Balas AR Tetradrachm. 152-145 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Antioch on the Orontes mint. Dated SE 165 (148/7 BC). Diademed head to right / Zeus Nikephoros enthroned to left holding sceptre; BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, ΘEOΠATOPOΣ EYEPΓETOY to left, EΞP (date) and monogram in exergue. SC 1784.4c; HGC 9, 875a. 15.04gr, 28mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 108, 13 April 2023, lot 543. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 11mm. Struck circa 8/7 BC-AD 15/6. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Aramaic letter hēth within laurel wreath / Eagle to left with wings closed; Aramaic letter ḥēth behind. CN 156; Schmitt-Korte II, 64. 1.09gr, 11mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian. -
Nabataea, Obodas II, with Hagaru I AR Sela'-Drachm. Dated RY 11 (20/19 BC). Petra mint.
Estimate: £140 - 180 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £70
'BDT MLKA' in Nabataean to right, diademed and draped bust of Obodas to right; 'ŠNT' and date 11 in Nabataean to left / Jugate diademed and draped busts of Obodas and Hagaru to right. CN 50 var. (Nabataean Ḥ in field on reverse); Meshorer, Nabataea -; DCA2 1015. 4.57gr, 18mm, 10h.
Very Fine. Struck with worn dies, large lamination on reverse.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 565, 3 July 2024, lot 255.
