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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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy X Alexander I AR Tetradrachm. Dated RY 19 (96/5 BC). Alexandria mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, aegis around neck / [ΠΤΟ]ΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; L IΘ (date) to left, ΠA to right. CPE 1528; Svoronos 1679; Olivier 6245–88; SNG Copenhagen 368; DCA2 1148. 13.68gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Mysia, Pergamon AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. 166-67 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Basket (cista mystica), with half-open lid, from which snake coils, around, ivy wreath with fruits / Two snakes coiled around a bow case ornamented with aplustre, and containing a strung bow, between the snake heads, A above monogram of ΠΛ, civic monogram of ΠΕΡ to left, serpent-entwined staff to right. Kleiner, Hoard 6; Pinder 100. 12.64gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy III Euergetes AE Drachm. 246-222 BC. Alexandreia mint. Series 5A.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Horned head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing tainia with basileion / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left, no control marks. CPE B392; Svoronos 1002; SNG Copenhagen -. 65.94gr, 41mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
