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LOT 2734
North Arabia, Lihyan(?) AE 20mm. Circa 2nd-1st centuries BC. Imitating Athens.
Schematic head of Athena to right, with crescent on cheek, wearing crested Attic helmet / Stylised owl standing to right, head facing; olive sprig to left, [AΘE] downwards to right. Cf. Huth 40 = Huth, Athenian, fig. 5, e. Fine.(6.76gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Xerxes I to Darius II AR Siglos. Circa 485-420 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (early), style B. Lydo-Milesian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Groups A/B. 5.49gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Countermarks on reverse.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Pontos, Komana AE 21mm. Dated CY 23 (AD 56/7). Time of Nero. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Radiate head of Helios(?) to right / Γ-Κ (date) ΚΟ-ΜΑ-ΝΩ-Ν in three lines, vertical club. RPC I 2161a.9 (this coin); RG 7; Amandry-Rémy, Comana 11-12. 6.99gr, 21mm, 5h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk). -
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,755
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring, pearl necklace and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig with berry and crescent moon in upper left field, all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31; HGC 4, 1597. 17.3gr, 24mm, 5h.
Extremely Fine. Very well struck, a superb example.
Acquired from Baldwins, UK. Property of a Kent lady.
