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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Kings of Bosporos, Rheskouporis V, with Philip I, BI Stater. Dated 543 BE (AD 246/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΒΑCΙΛЄѠC ΡΗCΚΟΠΟΡΙΔΟC, diademed bust to right / Laureate bust of emperor to right; club in right field, ΓMΦ (date) beneath truncation. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 3221; MacDonald 605/1 (Rheskouporis IV). 7.40gr, 20mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Islands off Caria. Rhodos, Rhodes AE 27mm. Circa 120-84 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Radiate head of Helios to right / Rose. With different symbols on reverse see SNG Copenhagen 852; BMC 322; SNG von Aulock 2834. 14.07gr, 27mm, 12h.
Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Persis. Vahsir (Oxathres)(?) AR Obol. 1st century BC-1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Diademed and draped bust to left / Vahšīr standing to right before altar, holding sceptre. Cf. Tyler-Smith, Parcel 135-8; cf. Alram 584. 0.65gr, 10mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
