LOT 2762
Phoenicia, Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. Second half of 4th century BC.
Two hoplites holding shields standing in Phoenician pentekonter rowing to left; hippocamp to left below / Lion to left attacking bull to left. Cf. Betlyon 21 (Addirmilk & Iyyenael); cf. SNG Copenhagen 134. Very Fine.(0.79gr, 11mm, 7h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Persia, Alexandrine Empire. Uncertain Satrap AV Double Daric. After 315 BC.
Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,350
Babylon mint. The Great King, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear with right hand and bow with left / Wavy stripes patterned incuse punch. Cf. Nicolet-Pierre, Travaux Le Rider, p. 298, 6 and pl. 30, 6. 16.72gr, 20mm.
Good Very Fine. Test cut on reverse. Areas of weakness. Rare.
Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 182, 14 March 2011, lot 362. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 123, 9 May 2021, lot 873. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Drachm. 323-317 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
SardeIs mint. Struck under Menander, circa 323/2 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back; holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; bee in left field, monogram of ΞΥ or ΕΥΞ beneath throne. Price P73; ADM I Series XIII. 4.36gr, 17mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 18mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Petra mint; struck AD 20-40. Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; [H-F?] in Aramaic across fields / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 114; cf. SNG ANS 1438-43; cf. Sofaer 67-9. 4.11gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
