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LOT 2984
Seleukid Empire, Tryphon AE 18mm. Circa 142-138 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Diademed head to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ TPYΦΩNOΣ AYTOKPATOPOΣ, spiked Macedonian helmet with cheek guards, adorned with wild goat's horn above visor; star to inner left. SC 2034.2e; CSE 261; HGC 9, 1061. Very Fine.(4.57gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 450-375 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (late).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Lydo-Milesian standard. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb. 5.57gr, 14mm.
Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Phoenicia, Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Two hoplites, holding shields, on galley to left, prow ending in lion's head; below, hippocamp to left / Lion attacking bull to left. Cf. HGC 10, 137. 0.91gr, 10mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
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Nabataea. Obodas II, with Hagaru I AR Sela'-Drachm. Circa 30-9 BC. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Jugate diademed and draped busts of Obodas and Hagaru to right; Nabataean Ḥ to left / Diademed head of Obodas to right; Nabataean Ḥ to inner left, inscription in Nabataean around. Cf. Al-Qatanani 42 t9; cf. Meshorer, Nabataea, Sup. 3. 4.60gr, 16mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
