LOT 3196
Phrygia, Akmoneia AE 16mm. 1st century BC. ΤΙΜΟΘΕΟΣ ΜΕΝΕΛΑΟΥ (Timotheos, son of Menelaos), magistrate.
Head of Zeus to right, wearing oak wreath / [AK]MO[...] TIMOΘ[...] MENE[...], Asklepios standing facing, leaning upon serpent-entwined staff. SNG Copenhagen 12. Near Very Fine.(3.61gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Münzzentrum Rheinland.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 20mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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. 3.22gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Kings of Cappadocia, Ariobarzanes I Philoromaios AR Drachm. Dated RY 31 (65/64 BC). Mint A (Eusebeia under Mt. Argaios).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Diademed head to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕ•Σ ΑΡΙ•ΒΑΡΖΑΝ•Y ΦΙΛ•ΡΩΜΑΙ•, Athena Nikephoros standing to left; monogram of ΓΑ to inner left field, AΛ (date) in exergue. Simonetta 45B; HGC 7, 846. 3.96gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Toned.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Tetradrachm. Struck under Philotas or Philoxenos, circa 323-317 BC. Uncertain mint in Cilicia. In the name and types of Alexander III.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; wreath in left field, ΔI beneath throne. Price 2949 [Side(?)]; Müller 550. 17.17gr, 26mm, 9h.
Extremely Fine. Lustrous metal; gold iridescence around the devices.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005.
