LOT 3340
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. Good Very Fine.(1.24gr, 15mm, 3h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
BACIΛЄ[ധC AΓPIΠA], canopy / Three ears of corn; L [Ϛ] (date) across fields. RPC I 4981; TJC 120; Hendin GBC 6, 6274; Hendin GBC 5, 1244; Sofaer 153-6. 2.54gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Sicily, Syracuse AE 26mm. Time of Hieron II, circa 240-215 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Diademed head to left / Cavalryman on horseback to right, holding couched lance; ΣΩ below, IEPΩNOΣ in exergue. CNS 195, R1 31; HGC 2, 1548. 17.63gr, 26mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 24mm. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑN ΚΑΛΧΑ, Poseidon seated to right on rock, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left; ΔΑ in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1257-1262; HGC 3.2, 1428. 8.96gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
