LOT 2668
Philistia, uncertain mint AR Obol. Mid 5th century-333 BC.
Laureate and bearded male head to right / Owl standing facing, wings spread; olive spray to upper right; Α-Θ-Ε running anticlockwise from 2h to 5h; all within incuse square. Gitler & Tal XIV.29O. Very Fine.(0.58gr, 9mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s;
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 533, 22 February 2023, lot 254.
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Sicily, Piakos AE Tetras or Trionkion. Circa 425-420 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Π Ι Α Κ, head of youthful river god to left, wearing wreath of reeds and with horn above his forehead; in field to left, three pellets (mark of value) / Hound springing to right on the back of doe collapsing to right; to right, and left, wheat grain. CNS III, 2; HGC 2, 1101. 2.58gr, 14mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Attractive cypress green patina. Rare.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat, AE 19mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Petra mint; struck AD 20-40. Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; [H] - F in Nabataean across fields / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Nabataean between and below. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. 3.75gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
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Group of Eight [8] AE Ancient Coins. 3rd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Various rulers and cities. 39.30gr total.
Fine to Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
