LOT 3180
Nabataea, Anonymous AE 20mm. Circa 3rd-2nd century BC.
Helmeted head of Athena to right / Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm; Λ in left field. Barkay, Earliest, Group 1; CN 1; HCG 10, 671. Very Fine. Overstruck on a Ptolemaic issue.(4.15gr, 20gr, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Boeotia, Federal Coinage AR Hemidrachm. Circa 395-340 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Boeotian shield / B-O, kantharos; above, club to right; grape bunch on vine to right; all within incuse square. BCD Boiotia 31; HGC 4, 1165. 2.52gr, 13mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Phoenicia, Sidon. Uncertain Ruler AR Sixteenth Shekel. Circa 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Phoenician galley to left / Persian king or hero, holding dagger, standing to right, fighting lion standing to left on its hind legs; Phoenician letter between; all within incuse square. Cf. HGC 10, 240 (Sakton II). 0.74gr, 9mm, 9h.
Good Fine. Corroded surfaces.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Macedon, Amphipolis AE 21mm. Circa 148-32/1 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Laureate head of Apollo to right, bow and quiver over shoulder / ΑΜΦΙΠΟ-ΛΙΤΩΝ, bull butting to right. SNG ANS 113. 7.74gr, 21mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany.
