LOT 2890
Sicily, Syracuse AE 15mm. Time of the Second Democracy, circa 415-405 BC.
Head of Arethousa to left, with her hair bound by ampyx in the front and sphendone in the back; olive branch behind / ΣYPA, dolphin swimming to right above scallop shell. CNS II, 24; HGC 2, 1480. Near Very Fine.(3.49gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 15mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Petra mint. Undated, but attributed to years AD 26-48. Aretas, in military attire, standing facing, head to left, holding spear and sword; Aramaic ligate letters to top right, palm frond to left / Shaqilat, veiled, standing to left, raising hand; 'Shaqilat' in Aramaic to right, wreath to left. CN 187a; cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 69. 2.75gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleucid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AR Tetradrachm. 121/0-97/6 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Ake-Ptolemais mint; struck circa 121-113 BC. Diademed head to right; within fillet border / ΒAΣΙΛEΩΣ ΑNTIOXOY EΠIΦANOYΣ, Zeus Ouranios, draped, standing facing, head to left, holding star in outstretched right hand and long sceptre in left; crescent above, monogram of ΔΑΡ in field; all within laurel wreath border. SC 2336.2; HGC 9, 1197h. 16.59gr, 30mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Lustrous metal, lightly toned.
Acquired in the USA, November 2010. -
Mysia, Iolla AE 12mm. Early-mid 3rd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Wreathed head of Zeus to right / ΙΟΛΛΑ, forepart of Pegasus to right; [grain ear below]. S&B 16; SNG Arikantürk 586-9. 2.23gr, 12mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
From the E.E. Clain-Stefanelli collection.
