LOT 2891
Sicily, Katane AE Chalkous. Late 3rd century BC.
Jugate busts of Serapis, laureate and wearing Atef crown and Isis, wearing signature headdress to right; [X (mark of value) before, grain ear behind] / Apollo standing facing, leaning on column, holding laurel branch and bow; quiver and omphalos to left; KATA-[NAIΩN] to either side. CNS III, 22; HGC 2, 609. Good Very Fine.(5.27gr, 18mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
Ex Münzen Gut-Lynt GmbH, Auction 8, 27 November 2022, lot 12 (company's ticket included).
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Western Asia Minor, uncertain mint (Kyme?) AR Fraction. Circa 5th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Head of horse to right, neck ending in beaded truncation / Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. SNG Kayhan 745 (head to left; uncertain Ionian or Karian mint); cf. Klein 332 (Kyme, Aeolis); cf. Tzamalis 88 (cruder style; Thraco-Macedonian mint); CNG e466, 120; Roma e88, 398. 0.54g, 8mm.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kingdom of Persia. Pakor II AR Obol. 1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Istakhr (Persepolis) mint. Diademed bust to left / Diademed bust to left. Van't Haaff, Persis, Type 590. 0.52gr, 13mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Nabataea, Obodas II, with Hagaru I AE 24mm. Circa 30-9 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Petra mint. Dated RY 6 or 7 (25/4 or 24/3 BC). Jugate diademed and draped busts of Obodas and Hagaru to right / Crossed cornucopiae; 'Obodas the king, king of the Nabataeans year 6 (or 7)' in Aramaic around, O-ח across fields. Cf. CN 38a or 42a; cf. Barkay, King 19A or 23A; cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 26. 11.35gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
