LOT 2841
South Arabia. Himyar, 'Amdan Bayan Yahaqbid AR Unit. Circa AD 100-120.
Raydan mint. Head to right within circular torque / Small head to right; yanaf-monogram to left, 'sceptre' to right. CAF 3.2ai; Huth 429. Near Extremely Fine.(1.68gr, 14mm, 3h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch; countermark: cf. 62. Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 17. 5.51gr, 14mm.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii. -
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. -
Kings of Commagene, Antiochos IV Epiphanes AE Oktachalkon. AD 38-72.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Samosata mint; struck circa AD 54-65. BAΣIΛΕYΣ MΕΓ-AΣ ANTIOXOΣ, diademed and draped bust of Antiochos IV to right / KOMMAΓ-HNΩN, scorpion within wreath; above, diadem. RPC I 3857; Kovacs 238 corr. (BAΣIΛΕYΣ not BAΣIΛΕΩΣ). 12.75gr, 27mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Blue-green patina.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
