LOT 3132
Phoenicia, Marathos AE 20mm. Dated CY 91 (169/8 BC).
Laureate and draped bust of Ptolemy VI as Hermes to right, with kerykeion over shoulder / Marathos standing slightly to left, holding aphlaston; date (in Phoenician) to left, 'Amrit' in Phoenician to right; Phoenician 'nun' to inner left, 'beth' to lower right. Duyrat, Ateliers 2664–5; HGC 10, 194; DCA 832. Very Fine.(6.93gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 533, 22 February 2023, lot 228.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Kingdom of Axum, Wazena (Ella Gabaz) AE Unit. Circa AD 550-570.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Draped bust to right, wearing head cloth, holding wheat stalk topped with cross; Ge'ez legend "May this please the peoples" around / Cross crosslet with gilt punch holed centre crossed by oblique cross; Ge'ez legend "of Wazena, of the King" around. SACAM 391; H 70; Munro-Hay Types 118-123. 1.26gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Pierced.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 450-375 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (late). Lydo-Milesian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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. 5.58gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Phoenicia, Sidon. Uncertain Ruler AR Sixteenth Shekel. Circa 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Phoenician galley / Persian king or hero, holding dagger, standing to right, fighting lion standing to left on its hind legs; Phoenician letter between; all within incuse square. Cf. HGC 10, 240 (Sakton II). 0.56gr, 10mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
