LOT 2995
Sicily, Syracuse AE 25mm. Time of Timoleon and the Third Democracy, circa 343-317 BC.
Laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios to right; ZE[ΥΣ ΕΛΕY]ΘΕPΙΟΣ around / Upright thunderbolt, eagle standing to right; ΣYPA[KOΣIΩN] around. CNS II, 72; SNG ANS 477-88; HGC 2, 1440. Good Very Fine.(16.44gr, 25mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceFrom an English private collection, 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 20mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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. 4.83gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
North Africa, Carthage AE 18mm. Circa 300-264 BC. Sardinian(?) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Wreathed head of Tanit to left; three pellets(?) behind / Head of horse to right; palm tree before. Cf. CNP 252ad; cf. MAA 57p (Carthage). 2.93gr, 18mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
![Group of Six [6] AR Greek Fractions.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/251585-s.jpg)
Group of Six [6] AR Greek Fractions. 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Comprising: mixed rulers, issues and reverse types. 3.81gr total, 7-11mm.
As shown.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
