LOT 3342
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. Very Fine.(1.26gr, 14mm, 5h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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LOT 3342
South Arabia. Himyar, 'Amdan Bayan Yahaqbid AR Unit.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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Cyclades, Andros AE 17mm. Circa 200-180 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Head of young Dionysos to right, wearing ivy-wreath; c/m: kantharos / Filletted thyrsos; Α-Ν-Δ-ΡΙ across fields, bunch of grapes to right. BMC Crete pg. 86, 14; Joy 510; SNG Copenhagen 613; HGC 6, 472; for countermark see Tselekas & Papageorgiadou-Banis, Countermarks on the Hellenistic coinages of the Cyclades in ΜΕΛΕΤΗΜΑΤΑ 53, p. 159. 4.11gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare countermarked Cycladic bronze.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Pontos, Amisos AE 21mm. Time of Mithradates VI Eupator, 120-63 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Head of Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath / AMIΣOY, thyrsos leaning against cista mystica, draped with panther skin. SNG BM Black Sea 1200; HGC 7, 243. 8.36gr, 21mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Lydo-Milesian standard. 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. Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 17. 5.54gr, 16mm.
Near Very Fine. Countermarks on both sides.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
