LOT 3264
Phoenicia. Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Galley to left, containing two hoplites with helmets and round shields; hippocamp to left below / Lion attacking bull to left. Cf. HGC 10, 139. Near Very Fine.(0.74gr, 12mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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LOT 3264
Phoenicia. Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
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Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 19mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; [H]-F in Aramaic across fields / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. 4.91gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos X Eusebes Philopator AR Tetradrachm. Circa 94-88 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Diademed head to right, with no sideburn / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΕΥΣΕΒΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ, Zeus seated to left, holding sceptre with right hand and Nike holding wreath with left; to outer left, monogram of ΣΩ above A; monogram of ΔΙ beneath throne; all within wreath. SC 2429.1c; HGC 9, 1287 corr. (without sideburn). 15.58gr, 29mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Some deposits.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
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Caria, Knidos AR Trihemiobol. Circa 500-490 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Head of lion to right / Head of Aphrodite to right; palmette to upper right, lotus flower to lower right; all in dotted square within incuse square. Cahn Series I, 18 var. (V6/R– [unlisted rev. die]); HN Online 596 (same dies as illustration); Peus Nachfolger, 428, 266; CNG, Triton XXVII, 5238. 1.75gr, 12mm, 9h.
Good Very Fine. Toned. Die break at edge on reverse. Very rare variant with floral symbols.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
