LOT 2838
Northwestern Arabia, Lihyan AE 'Tetradrachm'. 2nd-1st centuries BC.
Imitating Athens. Stylised head of Athena to right, upward crescent on cheek / Owl standing to right, head facing; [A?]ΘΕ before, olive spray to left. Huth, Athenian, fig. 5, e; Huth 40. Very Fine. Struck on square flan.(7.56gr, 19mm x 20mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 16mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Petra mint. Undated, but attributed to years AD 26-48. Aretas, in military attire, standing facing, head to left, holding spear and sword; ligate letters in Aramaic to top right, palm frond to left / Shaqilat, veiled, standing to left, raising hand; 'Shaqilat' in two lines in Aramaic to right, wreath to left. CN 187c. 2.58gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B. 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; countermark: 50 / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B. 5.53gr, 15mm.
Near Very Fine.
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. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Kassander AE 19mm. 305-298 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Pella or Amphipolis mint. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin / BAΣIΛEΩΣ KAΣΣANΔPOY, rider on horseback to right, raising right hand in salute; ΔI to right, monogram of ΠΥ below. HGC 3, 992; SNG Alpha Bank 903. 7.53gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
