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LOT 2842
South Arabia. Himyar, 'Amdan Bayan Yahaqbid AR Unit. Circa AD 100-120.
Raydan mint. Head to right within dotted circle interrupted by monogram to left / Small head to right; 'sceptre' to right. CAF 3.4i; Huth 441; SNG ANS 1595. Very Fine.(1.03gr, 14mm, 3h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 20mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Petra mint; struck AD 20-40. 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. 3.71gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Thrace, Chersonesos AR Hemidrachm. Circa 386-338 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Forepart of lion to right, head reverted / Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; olive leaf and berry in one sunken quarter, HP monogram and embossed pellet in the opposite. McClean 4108; HGC 3, 1437. 2.43gr, 12mm.
Near Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) AR Tetradrachm. 145-116 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Salamis mint. Dated RY 37 (134/3 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; transverse sceptre in background, L ΛZ (date) to left, ΣA to right. Svoronos 1550; BMC 27; SNG Copenhagen -. 11.52gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare date. No other examples on CoinArchives.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London.
