LOT 3061
Sasanian Kingdom. Peroz I AR Drachm. AD 457/9-484. Uncertain mint and date.
Bust to right, wearing crown, frontal crescent, and korymbos set on crescent / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. Cf. SNS III, type IIa/1e. Near Very Fine.(3.96gr, 26mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market before 2000.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VI Philometor AE Obol. First sole reign, 180-170 BC. Cyprus mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; lotus flower in left field, EYΛ between legs; c/m: Seleukid anchor within rectangular incuse. Svoronos 1398 (Ptolemy VI with Eulaios); Lorber, Lotus Series VI.3; Weiser 152 (Ptolemy VI with Eulaios); SNG Copenhagen 294; Noeske -. 15.56gr, 25mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
South Arabia, Himyar AR Unit. 2nd-3rd century AD. 'Bucranium Series'.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Diademed male head to left; curved symbol of Almaqah to left, symbol of Athtar to right; disc-crescent of Dhat-Hamim above / Head of antelope facing; monogram to left, curved symbol of Almaqah to right; disc-crescent of Dhat-Hamim above. Cf. Huth 304. 2.18gr, 16mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Gaul, Massalia AE 14mm. Circa 121-49 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Apollo head to right / Bull butting to right; ΜΑ[ΣΣΑ] above, [control letters in exergue]. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 810-821. 1.93gr, 14mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex cgb.fr (company's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
