LOT 2765
Phoenicia, Sidon 'Abdamon' AR 1/16 Shekel. Circa 425-407 BC.
Galley to left before turreted city wall, lion in exergue / Persian king standing to right and firing bow. Cf. HGC 10, 230. Good Fine.(0.70gr, 10mm, 1h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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LOT 2765
Phoenicia, Sidon 'Abdamon' AR 1/16 Shekel.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
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Nabataea, Rabbel II, with Gamilat AE 17mm. AD 70/1-105/6.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Petra mint; struck circa AD 88/9-105/6. Jugate laureate and draped busts to right / Crossed cornucopiae; legend between and above. CN 235; Meshorer, Nabataea 163. 3.19gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AR Tetradrachm. 305-281 BC.
Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £675
Magnesia ad Maeandrum mint. Struck circa 297/6-282/1 BC. Diademed head of Alexander the Great to right with horn of Ammon over his ear / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛΥΣIMAXOΥ, Athena seated to left on throne, leaning her left elbow on her shield decorated with lion's head and holding Nike, crowning the king's name, in her outstretched right hand, behind, transverse spear with point below left; in the outer left field, torch, in inner left field, monogram of ΠYP. Müller 443a var. (slightly differing monogram); Thompson 115. 16.81gr, 29mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine. Beautiful toning. Well-centred.
Ex collection of Georges Müller, numismatist. -
Phoenicia, Sidon. Ba'alsillem (Sakton) II AR Dishekel. Circa 401-365 BC.
Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £810
Undated issue, struck circa 401-370 BC. Phoenician galley to left; B (in Phoenician) above, waves below / Persian king and driver in chariot to left; to right, king of Sidon, in Egyptian style garments, holding cultic sceptre, walking to left. E&E-S Group IV.1.1; HGC 10, 236. 27.25gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. From a private collection, Switzerland; thence by descent. From a private collection, since the late 1990s.
