LOT 2958
Phrygia, Apameia AE 22mm. Circa 88-40 BC. ΑΝΤΙΦΩΝ ΜΕΝΕΚΛΕΟΥΣ (Antiphon, son of Menekles), magistrate.
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / AΠAMEΩN, eagle, with star above, alighting on base of maeander pattern flanked by caps of the Dioscuri; ΑΝΤΙΦΩΝ [ΜΕΝΕΚΛΕΟΥΣ] below. SNG Copenhagen 164; HGC 7, 670. Near Very Fine.(8.68gr, 22mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 18mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. 4.01gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Phoenicia. Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Two hoplites, holding shields, on galley to left, prow ending in lion's head; below, hippocamp to left / Lion attacking bull to left. Cf. E&E-B Group IV.4.2 ('Aynel); cf. HGC 10, 139 (same). 0.75gr, 10mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Karia, Mylasa AR Drachm. Circa 170-130 BC. Pseudo-Rhodian type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Facing head of Helios, eagle superimposed to left / Rose with tendril and bud to right. Ashton, Mylasa 1ff; HNO 425; SNG Copenhagen 721. 2.39gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Amazing dark cabinet tone.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group (collector's envelope with two photogravures of both coin's sides included). Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian.
