LOT 2935
Mysia, Parion AR Drachm. 5th century BC.
Facing gorgoneion with protruding tongue / Irregular pattern within quadripartite incuse square. SNG Paris 1351-2. Near Very Fine(4.00gr, 14mm.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, gentleman.
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Kingdom of Macedon, Perdikkas II AR Tetrobol. 451-413 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Aigai(?) mint; struck circa 437-431 BC. Rider on horse leaping to right, wearing petasos and holding two spears / Forepart of lion to right; kerykeion to right above, all within incuse square. SNG Alpha Bank 123; HGC 3.1, 792. 2.37gr, 15mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Macedon under Roman Rule AR Tetradrachm. Circa 95-70 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Uncertain mint. Aesillas, quaestor. Head of the deified Alexander III 'the Great' to right; Θ behind neck, MAKEΔONΩN around / AESILLAS Q, money chest, club, and chair; pellet beneath chair; all within laurel wreath. SNG Copenhagen 1330 var. (no pellet); HGC 3.1, 1110. 15.18gr, 30mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex Numismatik Naumann, Auction 71, 4 November 2018, lot 97. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 17mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Petra mint; struck AD 20-40. Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; [H F?] in Aramaic across fields / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. 3.80gr, 17mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
