LOT 3147
Mysia, Kyzikos AR Obol. Circa 450-400 BC.
Forepart of boar to left with long mane and dotted truncation, Ǝ on shoulder; to right, tunny fish upwards / Head of roaring lion to left with bristling mane, outstretched tongue, and dotted truncation; all within incuse square. Von Fritze II, 11; SNG BnF 378. Near Extremely Fine. Edges chipped.(0.58gr, 11mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Mysia, Parion Fourrée Hemidrachm. Circa 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Bull standing to left, head reverted / Facing gorgoneion with protruding tongue. Cf. SNG BnF 1368-70. 1.31gr, 12mm.
Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Aeolis, Kyme AR Hemiobol. Circa 450-400 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Head of eagle to left, [ethnic] in fields / Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. Klein 333; cf. SNG Arikantürk 1, 170; cf. SNG Copenhagen 32. 0.38gr, 8mm.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nabataea, Rabbel II, with Gamilat AE 15mm. Struck circa AD 88/9-106/6. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Jugate laureate and draped busts of Rabbell and Gamilat to right / Crossed cornucopiae. CN 235; Meshorer, Nabataea 163. 2.90gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
