LOT 3045
Pontos, Amisos AE 29mm. Time of Mithradates VI Eupator, circa 90-85 BC.
Head of Athena to right, wearing Attic helmet / Perseus standing facing, holding harpa and Medusa's head; Medusa's body at his feet, monogram of MET to left, monogram of ZEA to right. HGC 7, 238. Near Very Fine.(18.14gr, 29mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the German art market before 2000.
Private collection, South Germany.
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Sicily, Syracuse, Hieron II AE. c.275-215 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Wreathed head of Kore left / bull butting left, club above, IE below. CNS II, 191; SNG ANS 591-2; HGC 2, 1469. 6.08gr, 20mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Kingdom of Axum, Ouzebas AE Unit. Late 4th-early 5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
⧾ •VΛZHⵎΛⵎ ⵎΛⵎIΛⵎVⵎ ('King Ouzebas'), draped bust of Ouzebas to right, wearing tight-fitting head cloth and circular earring; to left and right, ears of barley / ⧾ Τ•VΤ• ΛΡⵎⵎΗ TH XШΡΛ ('may this please the country'), draped bust of Ouzebas (or Ezanas?) to right, wearing tight-fitting head cloth and circular earring, within shallow round incuse inlaid in gold within circular border. Hahn, Aksumite, 26a; Munro-Hay, AC, 54. 2.06gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kushan Rulers of Baktria, Wima Takto, Soter Megas AR Didrachm. AD 90-113.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Radiate, draped and diademed bust of Miiro right, holding ribboned arrow in raised right hand; three-pronged tamga in left field / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΣΩΤΗΡ ΜΕΓΑΣ, king on horse right, raising right hand. ANS 147-156; AWC 2964-7. 8.47gr, 22mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
