LOT 3339
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. Good Very Fine.(1.15gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Kingdom of Macedon, Demetrios I Poliorketes AR Tetradrachm. 291-290 BC. Pella mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Diademed and horned head to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ, Poseidon, nude, standing to left, right foot propped on rock, holding trident and resting on leg; monogram to outer left. Newell 82; SNG Copenhagen 1177-9 var. (monogram). 17.03gr, 27mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine. Some surface marks, knock to edge 6/3h.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 57, 30 May 2019, lot 327. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 103-76 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
'Yehonatan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews' (in Paleo-Hebrew) within wreath / Splayed double cornucopiae with pomegranate/poppy between. Hendin 6186; Meshorer Group S; HGC 10, 641. 1.88gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Islands off Caria. Rhodos, Rhodes AR Hemidrachm. Circa 170-150 BC. ΑΘΑΝΟΔΩΡΟΣ (Athanodoros), magistrate. 'Plinthophoric' coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Radiate head of Helios facing slightly to right / ΑΘΑΝΟΔΩΡΟΣ, rose with bud to right; kerykeion to left; all within incuse square. Jenkins, Rhodian, Group B, 43; HN Online 881; HGC 6, 1462. 1.43gr, 12mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
