LOT 3233
Scythian, Imitative of Eukratides I AR Tetradrachm. c.130-80 BC.
Diademed and draped bust right, wearing horned Boiotian helmet, within bead-and-reel border / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ, Dioscuri on horseback charging right, with couched spears and holding palm branches, monogram ANT in lower right field. HGC 12, 150. Very Fine. Toned.(15.63gr, 32mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Seleukid Empire, Demetrios II Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Dated SE 184 (AD 129/8 BC). Tyre mint.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Current Winning Bid: £120
Diademed and draped bust to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ [ΔΗMΗΤΡΙΟΥ], eagle standing to left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder, to left, IEPA above club surmounted by Tyre monogram, to right, AΣY above ΔΠP (date), monogram between legs. SC 2195.2b; DCA 230; HGC 9, 1122. 13.48gr, 28mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Areas of delamination and corrosion.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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. -
Ionia, Ephesos AR Drachm. Circa 202-133 BC. ΠΥΘΕΑΣ(?) (Pytheas), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
E-Φ flanking bee / [...]ΕΑΣ, stag standing to right; in background, palm tree with two date clusters. Cf. Kinns, Attic, p. 90. 3.56gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
