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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LOT 3339
South Arabia. Himyar, 'Amdan Bayan Yahaqbid AR Unit.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos IV Epiphanes AE 27mm. Struck 169-168 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint. 'Egyptianizing' series.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Head of Isis to right, wearing tainia / Eagle, with closed wings, standing to right on thunderbolt; BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY to right, ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ to left. SC 1414; SMA 60; HGC 9, 644. 22.89gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Thrace, Chersonesos AR Hemidrachm. Circa 386-338 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Forepart of lion to right, head reverted to left / Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; AΓ monogram and grain ear in opposite sunken quarters. McClean 4089; HGC 3.2, 1437. 2.12gr, 14mm.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Greco-Baktrian Kingdom, Antimachos I Theos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 180-170 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
Diademed and draped bust to right, wearing kausia / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΘEOY to right, ΑNTIMAXOY to left, Poseidon, laureate, standing facing, holding trident in right hand and cradling filleted palm in left arm; N within circle to inner right. Bopearachchi 1D; Mitchiner 124b; SNG ANS 276-7; HGC 12, 106. 15.94gr, 31mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Porous.
Purchased from John Cummings Ltd (dealer's ticket included). From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
