LOT 3098
Sicily, Gela AE Tetras or Trionkion. Circa 420-405 BC.
ΓΕΛΑΣ, head of the river-god Gelas to right; [barley grain behind neck] / Bull standing to left, head lowered, as if to charge; three pellets (mark of value) in exergue. Jenkins, Gela, Group VIII-IX, 499; CNS 9; HGC 2, 379. Good Very Fine.(4.64gr, 19mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
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North Africa, Carthage AE Trishekel. 3rd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Wreathed head of Tanit to left / Horse walking to right; pellet below. CNP 63; MAA 105; SNG Copenhagen (Africa) 409-411 var. (pellet). 17.64, 28mm, 12h.
Good Fine. Rare.
Ex Amilcare Collection, Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 70, 7 May 2020, lot 341. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Mysia, Lampsakos AR Obol. Circa 500-450 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Janiform female head wearing double stephane, necklace, and circular pendant earring / Head of Athena to left, wearing crestless Corinthian helmet; all within incuse square. Baldwin, Lampsakos, Group A, Type I, pl. V, 14; SNG BnF 1131. 0.82gr, 10mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 18mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; [H-F?] in Aramaic across fields / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. 3.95gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of Mr Brian Edwards, New Malden, Surrey, UK, formed from the late 1970s-early 1980s; thence by descent.
