LOT 2696
South Arabia. Himyar, 'Amdan Bayan Yahaqbid AR Unit. Circa AD 100-120.
Raidan mint. Bare head to right, within dotted border terminated by monogram / Small head to right; South Arabian legend around; 'sceptre' to right. CAF 3.4i; Huth 437-43; SNG ANS 1602-9. Very Fine.(1.16gr, 14mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Apulia, Luceria AE Teruncius. Circa 211-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Head of Poseidon to right; three pellets (mark of value) behind / Dolphin swimming to right; LOVCERI below, trident to right above. HN Italy 680; HGC 1, 609. 9.85g, 22mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Seleukid Empire, Philip I Philadelphos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 95/4-76/5 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Antioch on the Orontes mint. Struck circa 88/7–76/5 BC. Diademed head to right / Zeus Nikephoros seated to left on throne, holding sceptre; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟY to right, ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟY to left; to outer left, Φ above A; monogram beneath throne, Π in exergue; all within wreath. SC 2463.3h; HGC 9, 1319. 15.79gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 561, 1 May 2024, lot 273. -
Islands off Thrace, Thasos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 168/7-148 BC.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Head of youthful Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath, and with his hair partially knotted at the back and partially falling down the back of his neck / ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΑΣΙΩΝ, Herakles, nude but for laurel wreath and lion's skin over his left shoulder, standing to left, holding club with his right hand, M to inner left. Le Rider, Thasiennes 51; SNG Copenhagen 1039; BMC 72; HGC 6, 359. 16.76gr, 31mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
