LOT 2877
Lucania, Metapontion AR Didrachm or Nomos. Circa 400-340 BC.
Head of Demeter to right, wearing sphendone and pendant earring / META, grain ear with leaf to right. HGC 1, 1052. Near Very Fine.(7.32gr, 20mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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Kings of Parthia, Phraates III AR Drachm. Struck circa 68-62 BC. Ekbatana mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Diademed bust to left, wearing necklet with medallion / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ, Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on throne, holding bow; ΑΓ monogram beneath bow. Sellwood 36.7 (Darius?) var. (T behind throne); Sunrise 318; Shore 153. 3,91gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera AE Diobol-80 Drachmai. 51-30 BC. Alexandria mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Diademed and draped bust to right / KΛEOΠATPAΣ BAΣIΛIΣΣHΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; cornucopia(?) to left, Π (mark of value) to right. Cf. Svoronos 1871; cf. Weiser 183; cf. SNG Copenhagen 419-21; cf. Noeske 380-2. 18.43gr, 27mm, 12h.
Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 19mm. Dated RY 10 (AD 1). Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate head to right / Eagle with closed wings standing to left; date at end of legend to right. Meshorer, Nabataean 80; Sofaer 53. 4.58gr, 19mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
