LOT 3048
Mysia, Gambrion AE 15mm. 4th century BC.
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΓΑΜ, twelve-rayed star. Plankenhorn 2; SNG BN 908-21. Very Fine.(3.49gr, 15mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos IV Epiphanes AE 34mm. 169-168 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint. 'Egyptianizing' series.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Laureate head of Zeus-Serapis to right, wearing tainia with Osiris cap at tip / Eagle with closed wings standing to right on thunderbolt; BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY to right, ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ to left. SC 1413; Houghton 118; Newell, SMA 59; HGC 9, 643. 39.68gr, 34mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat(?) AR Sela'-Drachm. Struck circa 9/8 BC-AD 40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Long-haired, moustached, laureate and draped bust of Aretas IV to right; inscription in Nabataean around / Jugate draped busts to right of Aretas IV and Shaqilat(?), veiled; inscription in Nabataean around. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataean 100-110. 3.85gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Obverse slightly off-centre.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phoenicia, Ake (as Ptolemais) AE 24mm. Dated year 5 of the Caesarean Era (45/4 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Laureate head of Zeus to right; palm frond over shoulder; countermark(?) / ΠΤΟΛΕ-ΜΑΕΩΝ ΙΕΡΑΣ to right ΑΣΥ [KAI] to left, Tyche standing to left on prow of galley, holding aplustre and rudder in right hand, cornucopia and palm in left; L E (date) and monogram to left. Cf. Kadman 69; HGC 10, 8; DCA 743. 8.21gr, 24mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
