LOT 2799
Nabataea, Malichos I AE 24mm. Circa 59/8-30 BC.
Petra mint. Dated RY 28 (32/1 BC). Diademed head to right / Filleted cornucopia; 'Malichus the king. King of the Nabataeans' in Aramaic around; 'Year 28' across field. CN 17; Meshorer, Nabataea 18; HGC 10, 683. Good Fine.(11.52gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Sasanian Kingdom, Peroz I AR Drachm. AD 457/9-484.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
BLH (Balkh) mint. Struck AD 457/9-484. Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent and korymbos set on crescent, legends flanking; all within single border / Fire altar with ribbons flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; all within single border. 4.07gr, 28mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos IV Epiphanes AE 32mm. 175-164 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Antioch on the Orontes mint. Struck 169-168 BC. "Egyptianizing" series. Laureate head of Zeus-Serapis to right, wearing tainia with Osiris cap at tip / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ, eagle with closed wings standing to right on thunderbolt. SC 1413; HGC 9, 643. 35.77gr, 32mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Thrace, Abdera AR Tetrobol. Circa 336-311 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
ΙΠΠΩΝΑΞ(?) (Hipponax), magistrate. ΑΒΔΗ-[Ρ]ΙΤΕΩ[Ν], griffin springing to left ΕΠΙ ΙΠΠ[ΩΝΑΚΤΟΣ?], laureate head of Apollo to right; above, scallop shell. Cf. May 544; HGC 3.2, 1227i. 2.56gr, 15mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
