LOT 3162
Nabataean Kingdom, AR Coin Group. 1st century BC.
Two silver coins of the Nabataean kingdom. Condition as seen.(9.33gr total.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3162
Nabataean Kingdom, AR Coin Group.
Estimate £180 - 240€210 - 280 (for guidance only)$240 - 320 (for guidance only)
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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darios II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch with uncertain designs in the middle and corner; countermark: similar to 87 & 88 (unlisted). Carradice Type IV, Group B (pl. XIV, 43); BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 10; Sunrise -. 5.59gr, 16mm.
Near Very Fine. Very rare with this incuse punch.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii. -
Troas, Ilion AR Tetradrachm. Circa 185-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
ΑΠΗΜΑΝΤΟΣ (Apemantos), president of the agonothetai. Head of Athena to right, wearing laureate and triple-crested Attic helmet / AΘΗΝΑΣ ΙΛΙΑΔΟΣ, The Palladion: Athena Ilias standing to right, wearing polos and chiton, holding distaff in left hand, filleted spear over right shoulder; to right, owl standing to right, head facing; monogram of ΔΗΜΗΤΡIOY to inner left; ΑΠΗΜΑΝΤΟΥ in exergue. Ellis-Evans dies O8/R- (unlisted monogram and reverse die); Bellinger T43-4 var. (same obverse die as illustration; different monogram). 14.97gr, 37mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare with this monogram.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Lakonia, Lakedaimon (Sparta) AE 20mm. 31-2 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
C. Julius Eurykles, magistrate. Head of Zeus to right / Upright club; Λ-A EΠI EY-PY-KΛ[E]-O-Σ in four lines across fields; all within wreath. Grunauer Group XXVI, Series 1; BCD Peloponnesos II 2376; BMC 63; RPC I 1103; HGC 5, 625. 5.55gr, 21mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
C. Julius Eurykles led Spartan ships to join Octavian at the battle of Actium and was later awarded Roman citizenship and the title of 'hegemon' of the Spartans following the victory. His distinction by the emperor Augustus was not the only benefit from his involvement in the battle. In defeating Antony, Eurykles avenged his father, Lachares, whom Antony had executed.
