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LOT 2715
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 14mm. Circa 9 BC-AD 40. Petra mint.
Laureate head to right; Aramaic letter (?) before / Crossed cornucopiae; Aramaic letters in between. Cf. CN 150d. Good Fine.(2.05gr, 14mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Phoenicia. Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Galley to left, containing two hoplites with helmets and round shields; hippocamp to left below / Lion attacking bull to left. Cf. HGC 10, 139. 0.66gr, 10mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Thrace, Maroneia AE 16mm. Circa 398-346 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Horse galloping to right; monogram of ΠΝΚ below / ΜΑΡ-ΩΝΙ-ΤΩΝ, legend around grape arbor within linear square border; monogram of EY below. Evelpidis 962-3; SNG Copenhagen 632; Schönert-Geiss, Maroneia 721-923; BMC -. 4.29gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 40, 28 October 2017, lot 129 (professionally cleaned since). Property of a London antiquarian. -
Lucania, Metapontion AE 16mm. Circa 225-220 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Head of Leukippos to left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / [ΜΕ]ΤΑ, Demeter standing facing, holding long cross-torch in her right hand and resting her left on her hip; to left, barley ear. Johnston, Bronze, 67; HN Italy 1703; SNG München 1019; SNG ANS 561. 3.48gr, 16mm, 10h.
Good Fine. Rare variety with left facing head of Leukippos.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
