LOT 3409
North Africa, Carthage AE Unit. Circa 221-210 BC.
Wreathed head of Tanit to left / Horse standing to right, head to left. MAA 88; SNG Copenhagen 307. Near Very Fine.(7.52gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
Includes old collector's ticket, noting '30/5/42'.
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Pisidia, Termessos AE 18mm. Dated CY 7 (65/4 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Laureate head of Zeus to right / Bridled horse galloping to left; Z (date) above, TEP below. BMC -; SNG BnF 2111-2; SNG von Aulock -. 4.74gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Kingdom of Persis. Vahsir (Oxathres) AR Hemidrachm. 1st century BC-1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Diademed bust to left; symbol behind / King standing to right, holding sceptre and sacrificing before altar. K&M 4/21; cf. Alram 583 & 586. 1.64gr, 13mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Phoenicia, Tyre AR Shekel. Dated CY 4 (123/2 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,235
Bust of Melkart to right, wearing laurel wreath, [lion skin around neck] / ΤΥPΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, eagle standing to left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, L Δ (date) above club; monogram of ZB and Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 10; Rouvier 1957; DCA 919; BMC 51; Hunt II 606; HGC 10, 357. 13.91gr, 27mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
