LOT 3305
Nabataea, Malichos I(?) AE 24mm. Circa 59/8-30 BC. Petra mint.
Diademed head to right / Filletted cornucopia. Cf. HGC 10, 683. Fine.(9.60gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Phoenicia. Byblos, 'Aynel (Enylos) AR 1/16 Shekel. Circa 350-326 BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £15
Galley to left, containing two hoplites with helmets and round shields; hippocamp to left below / Lion attacking bull to left; legend in Phoenician above. E&E-B Group IV.4.2; HGC 10, 139. 0.84gr, 11mm, 2h.
Good Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Kingdom of Persis. Vahsir (Oxathres) AR Hemidrachm. 1st century BC-1st century AD. Istakhr (Persepolis) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Bearded bust to left, wearing diadem and torque; [symbol] to right / Vahšīr standing to left, holding sceptre and sacrificing before altar to left. van't Haaff, Persis, Type 582/585; K&M 4/21; Tyler-Smith, Parcel 125; Alram 583; cf. Sunrise 606. 1.99gr, 14mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Seleukid Empire, Demetrios III Eukairos AR Tetradrachm. Dated SE 221 (92/1 BC). Damaskos mint.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Diademed head to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟV ΘΕΟV ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ, cult statue of Atargatis standing facing, arms extended, holding flower in left hand, barley stalk rising from each shoulder; to outer left, N above A; AKΣ (date) followed by monogram of ΔΗ in exergue; all within wreath. SC 2451.4; HGC 9, 1305; DCA 304. 13.19gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Rough surfaces.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
