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LOT 3136
Phoenicia, Sidon. Uncertain Ruler AR Sixteenth Shekel. Circa 4th century BC.
Phoenician galley to left / 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). Good Fine. Corroded surfaces.(0.74gr, 9mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΓΑΜ, twelve-rayed star. Plankenhorn 2; SNG BN 908-21. 3.49gr, 15mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 297/6-282/1 BC. Magnesia ad Maeandrum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
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. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Huldu AR Sela'-Drachm. 9 BC-AD 40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Laureate and draped bust of Aretas IV to right / Diademed, veiled and draped bust of Huldu to right. Cf. CN 143. 3.44gr, 12mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
