LOT 3036
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. Near Very Fine.(1.17gr, 14mm, 2h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Nabataea. Obodas II, with Hagaru I AR Sela'-Drachm. Circa 30-9 BC. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Jugate diademed and draped busts of Obodas and Hagaru to right; Nabataean Ḥ to left / Diademed head of Obodas to right; Nabataean Ḥ to inner left, inscription in Nabataean around. Cf. Al-Qatanani 42 t9; cf. Meshorer, Nabataea, Sup. 3. 4.60gr, 16mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos I Soter AV Stater. 281-261 BC. Uncertain or Aï Khanoum mint. Imitative issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Diademed head to right / BAIIΛΥ ΑΝΤΙΟΧ, horsehead to right, ΔΙ to right. For prototype cf. ESM 683a; cf. Vecchi I, 360, A13 p.14; cf. Kritt, The Seleucid Mint of Aϊ Khanoum, pl.38.2. 8.21gr, 17mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Oxford academic collection; ex de Clermont. -
Cyprus, Amathos AR Obol. Rhoikos, circa 350 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Head of lion to right / Forepart of lion to right, head facing. Tziambazis -; Amandry, Amathonte 133 B, pl. 20; Zapiti & Michaelidou 20; SNG Copenhagen 4. 0.44gr, 10mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Ex Spink, 1970s. Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
