LOT 2725
Sasanian Kingdom, Kavad I AR Drachm. AD 488-496 & 499-531.
AU [Auhrmazd Artashir (Ahwaz)] mint. Uncertain date. Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown with two wings, frontal crescent and korymbos set on crescent, stars flanking; ribbons on shoulders; all within single border with star-in-crescents in margin / Fire altar with ribbons flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; all within single border. Cf. Göbl 183. Near Very Fine.(3.94gr, 29mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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North Africa, Carthage AE 19mm. Circa 300-264 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Wreathed head of Tanit to left / Horse's head to right; sunburst before. Cf. MAA 57c; SNG Copenhagen 146. 4.34gr, 19mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 353-294 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring, pearl necklace and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig with berry and crescent moon in upper left field. HGC 4, 1599. 16.42gr, 24mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nabataea, Rabbel II, with Gamilat AE 18mm. AD 70/1-105/6.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Petra mint; struck circa AD 88/9-105/6. Jugate laureate and draped busts to right / Crossed cornucopiae; legend between and above. CN 235; Meshorer, Nabataea 163. 3.43gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
