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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Group of Seven [7] Phoenicia, Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Various types. 5.88gr total.
Condition as seen.
Private collection, acquired 1980-1985. -
Ionia, Magnesia ad Maeandrum AE 21mm. Circa 145-early 1st century BC. ΕΥΚΛΗΣ and ΚΡΑΤΙΝΟΣ (Eukles and Kratinos), magistrates.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Helmeted head of Athena to right / MAΓΝ-Η[ΤΩΝ], warrior, holding spear, on horse galloping to right; I(?) to left, ΕΥΚΛΗΣ ΚΡΑTΙΝΟΣ below. Cf. SNG Kayhan 429-31 (N to left). 10.27gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 353-294 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Head of Athena to right, wearing disc earring, necklace and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig and crescent moon in upper left field, all within incuse square. HGC 4, 1599. 15.84gr, 23mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
