LOT 3344
South Arabia. Himyar, 'Amdan Bayan Yahaqbid AR Unit. Circa AD 100-120. Raydan mint.
Head to right within circular torque; o(?) below / Small head to right; yanaf-monogram to left, 'sceptre' to right. CAF 3.2ai; cf. Huth 429. Near Very Fine.(1.42gr, 15mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Kingdom of Persis. Darev (Darios) II AR Obol. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Bearded bust to left, wearing diadem and Parthian-style tiara with crescent and two row of pellets / Dārēv (Darios) standing to left, holding sceptre and sacrificing before altar to left. K&M 4/6a-c; Tyler-Smith, Parcel type 1b, 31-35; Alram 566; Sunrise 592. 0.62gr, 10mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Cilicia, Seleukeia ad Calycadnum AE 23mm. Mid-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Helmetted and draped bust of Athena to right; ΣA to left, palm branch to right / ΣEΛEΥKEΩN TΩN ΠΡOΣ TΩI KAΛΥKAΔNΩI, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm; NKI KAΛ in two lines in left field. SNG BnF 903-904; SNG Copenhagen 200. 6.84gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Thrace, Chersonesos AR Hemidrachm. Circa 386-338 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Forepart of lion to right, head reverted / Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; pellet and Λ in one sunken quarter, [pellet?] and X in the opposite. McClean -; HGC 3, 1437. 2.41gr, 14mm.
Very Fine. Very rare with these control marks.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
