LOT 3040
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.(1.27gr, 15mm, 2h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AE Unit. 336-323 BC. Uncertain mint in Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, quiver-over-bow and club to right; Δ above, star below. Price 277 var. (club to left). 7.04gr, 20mm, 2h.
Near Extremely Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Pisidia, Antioch AE 19mm. 1st century BC. ΘΕΟΦΡΑΣΤΟΣ (Theophrastos), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Draped bust of Mên to right, wearing Phrygian cap, set on upturned crescent; uncertain countermark before / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕωΝ ΘΕΟΦΡΑC[...], Zebu bull standing to right. Unpublished in the standard references. 5.33gr, 19mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; apparently unpublished and possibly unique with this magistrate's name.
Ex CNG. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos IV Epiphanes AE 26mm. Struck 169-168 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint. 'Egyptianizing' series.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Head of Isis to right, wearing tainia / Eagle, with closed wings, standing to right on thunderbolt; BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY to right, ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ to left. SC 1414; SMA 60; HGC 9, 644. 17.61gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
