LOT 3038
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. Very Fine. Double struck.(0.66gr, 13mm, 1h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Campania, Neapolis AR Nomos. Circa 275-250 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Head of nymph to left, her hair in band; TAP behind neck, EYΞ below / Man-headed bull standing to right, head facing; above, Nike flying to right, crowning bull; EΠI below; ΝΕΟΠΟΛΙ[ΤΩΝ] in exergue. Sambon 484; HN Italy 586; Vlasto 1044; SNG ANS 382. 7.27gr, 21mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Attractive old cabinet tone.
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 the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Sicily, Syracuse AE 16mm. Time of Hieron II, circa 269-240 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Laureate head of Apollo to left / Horse galloping to right; [ΙΕΡΩΝΟΣ] in exergue. CNS II, 203; HGC 2, 1552. 3.52gr, 16mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphos AR Tetradrachm. Dated RY 33 (253/2 BC). Tyre mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Diademed head to right, wearing aegis / ΠΤΟΛEΜΑΙOΥ [ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ], eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; TYP civic monogram above club in left field, ΛΓ (date) above MA monogram in right field; MY or MI monogram between eagle's legs. CPE 600; Svoronos 676; SNG Copenhagen 490; BMC -; Meydancikkale -; Noeske -; DCA 20. 14.04gr, 25mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
