LOT 3145
Phoenicia, Tyre AR Half Shekel. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6.
Laureate head of Melkart to right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing to left on prow, palm frond in background. Cf. HGC 10, 358. Good Fine.(5.88gr, 19mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Mysia, Kyzikos AR Obol. Circa 475-400 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Forepart of boar to left with short mane and dotted truncation, retrograde E on shoulder; to right, tunny fish upwards / Head of roaring lion to left with bristling mane, outstretched tongue, and dotted truncation; all within incuse square. Von Fritze, Nomisma IX Kyzikos, Gruppe II 11; SNG France 378. 0.76gr, 13mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Troas, Achaiion AE 18mm. Circa 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΑΧΑ-ΙΤധN, Artemis standing facing, head to left, quiver over shoulder and holding bow and arrow in right hand. A. Ellis-Evans: The Coinage and History of Achaiion in the Troad, in: REA 119 (2017), p. 31, 4. 5.04gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare type of an exceedingly rare city; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 18mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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. 3.42gr, 18mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
