LOT 3347
South Arabia. Himyar, 'Amdan Bayan Yahaqbid AR Unit. Circa AD 100-120. Raydan mint.
Head to right within linear circle interrupted at top / Small head to right; yanaf-monogram to left, 'sceptre' to right. CAF 3.2bi; Huth 428. Good Very Fine.(1.65gr, 15mm, 10h.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Drachm. Late 5th-4th centuries BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Facing gorgoneion; spiral ornament around / Upright anchor; A and crayfish flanking; all in circular incuse. Cf. Topalov, Apollonia 44; HGC 3, 1324. 2.81gr, 13mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AE Unit. 359-336 BC. Uncertain mint in Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Diademed male head to right / ΦIΛIΠΠOV, youth on horseback to right; spearhead below. SNG ANS 850-1; SNG Alpha Bank 354-8. 6.99gr, 18mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Thrace, Chersonesos AR Diobol. Circa 515-493 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Forepart of lion to right, head reverted / Quadripartite incuse square. BMC 2; Traité I, 1801; Weber 2403; HGC 3.2, 1435. 1.31gr, 10mm.
Very Fine.
From the Thrax Collection, formed in London between 1991 and 2018. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 58, 20 June 2019, lot 564. Property of a London antiquarian.
