LOT 3053
Mysia, Kyzikos AR Hemiobol. Circa 500-450 BC.
Forepart of boar to left, retrograde K on shoulder; to right, tunny fish upwards / Head of roaring lion to left with bristling mane, and dotted truncation, in upper left field, facing head of panther; all within incuse square. Von Fritze, Nomisma IX Kyzikos, Gruppe II 13; SNC BnF 386. Very Fine.(0.39gr, 10mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Seleukis and Pieria, Antioch AE 22mm. Dated Pompeian Era 19(?) (48 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ, Zeus seated to left, holding Nike in his right hand and sceptre in left; above Zeus, thunderbolt; in the left field, cornucopia; IΘ(?) (date) in exergue; all within laurel wreath. HGC 9, 1366. 10.04gr, 22mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Nabatea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AR Sela'-Drachm. 9 BC-AD 40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Inscription in Nabataean around long-haired, moustached, laureate and draped bust of Aretas IV to right / Inscription in Nabataean around jugate, draped busts to right of Aretas IV, long-haired and moustached, laureate, V-shaped ornament on his forehead, and Shaqilat, veiled and wearing Isis headdress. Al-Qatanani 112; Barkay 179. 4.16gr, 15mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Cyprus, Salamis. Nikokreon AE Unit. Struck circa 332/1-323 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, club above quiver-within-bow; ΣA above, A below. Price 3143; Zapiti & Michaelidou 12; Tziambazis 19. 6.45gr, 17mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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