LOT 3054
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. Near Very Fine.(0.33gr, 9mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Da Yuezhi Rulers of Baktria, Imitative of Eukratides I AR Obol. c.AD 50-90.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Helmeted bust right / Garbled Greek legend, caps of the Dioskouroi; monogram IAI below. ANS 5-13; HGC 12, 152. 0.38gr, 10mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Chipped. Rare.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Huldu AR Sela'-Drachm. 9 BC-AD 40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Laureate and draped bust of Aretas IV to right / Diademed, veiled and draped bust of Huldu to right. Cf. CN 143. 3.44gr, 12mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Pontus, Amisos, AE 22mm. c.85-65 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Bust of Amazon right, wearing wolf's scalp / AMI-ΣΟΥ, Nike walking right, holding wreath in right hand, palm over left shoulder. SNG BMC Black Sea 1218-1219; SNG Stancomb 704; SNG Copenhagen 165; SNG von Aulock 66; Waddington Recueil p.56, 38. 8.29gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
