LOT 3343
South Arabia. Himyar, 'Amdan Bayan Yahaqbid AR Unit. Circa AD 100-120. Raydan mint.
Head to right within circular torque / Small head to right; yanaf-monogram to left, 'sceptre' to right. CAF 3.2ai; Huth 429. Very Fine.(1.31gr, 14mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3343
South Arabia. Himyar, 'Amdan Bayan Yahaqbid AR Unit.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Judaea. Hasmoneans, Mattathias Antigonos (Mattatayah) AE Prutah. 40-37 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Splayed double cornucopiae with barley ear between the horns / 'Mattityah' (in Paleo-Hebrew) within wreath. Hendin GBC 6, 6199; Hendin GBC 5, 1164; TJC 40; Sofaer 438-445. 1.87gr, 12mm, 11h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Ionia, Smyrna AE Homereion. Circa 105-95 BC. ΑΠΑΤΟΥΡΙΟΣ (Apatourios), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ ΑΠΑΤΟΥΡΙΟΣ, Homer seated to left, resting chin on hand and holding scroll; monogram of ΠΑΡ to left. Milne, Autonomous, Period XIII, 278. 7.99gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Lovely dark green and brown patina.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
Strabo mentions specifically this issue of bronze coinage from Smyrna when, discussing the city, he says "there is also a library; and the 'Homereum', a quadrangular portico containing a shrine and wooden statue of Homer; for the Smyrnaeans also lay especial claim to the poet and indeed a bronze coin of theirs is called a Homereum" (Strabo, Geographica XIV, I.37, transl. by H.C. Jones, The Geography of Strabo, VI [Loeb, 1960], pp. 245-247). -
Euboia, Histiaia AR Tetrobol. Circa 350-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Wreathed head of the nymph Histiaia to right, wearing pendant earring and necklace / ΙΣΤ[Ι]-ΑΙΕΩΝ, Nymph seated to right on the stern of galley decorated with wing; below, trident to left and M. BCD Euboia 394; HGC 4, 1524. 2.30gr, 15mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Lightly toned.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
