LOT 3219
Samaria, "Middle Levantine" Series AR Obol. Circa 375-333 BC. Imitating Athens.
Helmeted head of Athena to right / Owl standing to right, head facing; [olive spray to left], 'BD'L (in Aramaic) to right. Meshorer & Qedar 59; Sofaer 114-5. Near Very Fine.(0.76gr, 9mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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8 Group of Ten [10] Greek Caria Stratonikeia AE Units. 2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising: mixed issues and reverse types. 62.44gr total, 18-21mm.
Condition as shown.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Kushan Empire, time of Kujula Kadphises to Vima Takto AE Didrachm. AD 80-113. Uncertain (possibly Begram) mint. 'Soter Megas' issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Radiate and diademed bust to right, holding sceptre; tamgha to left / [ΒΑCΙΛ]ЄV ΒΑCΙΛЄV⟒Ν C⟒ΤΗΡ ΜЄ[ΓΑC], King on horseback to right, holding axe; tamgha to lower right. ANS Kushan 186-95; Senior B17.1vT (listed as tetradrachm); Donum Burns 60. 8.36gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Cyprus, Kourion. Eua- AE Unit. Early-mid 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Laureate head (of Apollo?) facing slightly to left, drapery around neck / Mare standing to right, suckling foal standing to left below; EYA above. Destrooper pl. 10, 11; Zapiti & Michaelidou -; Tziambazis 39. 3.81gr, 16mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Ex Parthenon Gallery and Coincraft, London, UK, 1990s-2000s. Property of a North London, UK, private collector.
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