LOT 3345
South Arabia. Himyar, 'Amdan Bayan Yahaqbid AR Unit. Circa AD 100-120. Raydan mint.
Head to right within linear circle interrupted at top by South Arabian letter y / Small head to right; yanaf-monogram to left, 'sceptre' to right. CAF 3.2bi; Huth 427. Good Very Fine.(1.59gr, 15mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Pontos, Amisos AE 20mm. Struck under Mithradates VI Eupator, circa 100-95 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Wreathed head of Mithradates VI as young Dionysos to right / ΑΜΙΣΟΥ, panther skin and thyrsos on cista mystica; monogram of HTPK to left. Malloy 26c; HGC 7, 243. 7.96gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Kingdom of Persis. Ardaxsir (Artaxerxes) IV AR Hemidrachm. Late 2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Diademed bust to left, wearing korymbos; [symbol?] to right / Crowned and diademed head to left. Cf. Alram 652 (triple pellets). 0.91gr, 15mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
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.
