LOT 2843
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. Good Very Fine.(0.98gr, 13mm, 3h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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LOT 2843
South Arabia. Himyar, 'Amdan Bayan Yahaqbid AR Unit.
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
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Nabataea, Malichos I AE Dichalkon. 60-30 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Petra mint. Dated RY 27 or 28 (34/3 or 33/2 BC). Diademed head to right / Eagle standing to left; date across field. Cf. CN 13 and 18; cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 15; DCA 959; HGC 10, 684. 5.24gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Cilicia, Tarsos AR Obol. 384-361/0 BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
Tarkumuwa (Datames), satrap of Cilicia and Cappadocia. Diademed female head (Aphrodite?) to right / Helmetted male head (Ares?) to right; 'trkmw' in Aramaic before. Casabonne Series 1, pl. 3, 22; Göktürk 25; Mildenberg, Kleingeld 18; SNG BnF 278-81. 0.63gr, 10mm, 4h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Lucania, Metapontum AR Didrachm of Nomos. Circa 330-290 BC.
Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £900
Struck under the magistrates EY- (Eu-) and ΛY- (Ly-). Head of Demeter to right, wearing grain wreath, pendant earring and pearl necklace; ΕΥ beneath chin / ΜΕΤΑ, ear of barley with leaf to right; above leaf, sixteen-rayed star; in the lower field to left, ΛΥ. ANS 499 (same dies); Johnston C.8.12 (same dies). 7.77gr, 21mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine. Attractive toning with iridescence in fields. Well-centred.
Property of a late collector. Ex Vinchon, 11 April 1988, 185. Ex Münzen und Medaillen FPL 342, February 1973, 6.
