LOT 2736
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. Very Fine.(0.90gr, 12mm, 12h.). [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Seleukid Empire, Alexander I Balas AR Tetradrachm. Dated SE 165 (148/7 BC). Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Diademed head to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY ΘEOΠATOPOΣ EYEPΓETOY, Zeus seated to left, holding sceptre with right hand and Nike with wreath with left; EΞP (date) and monogram of ΠΥΤΡ in exergue. SC 1784.4a var. (slightly differing monogram of ΠΥΡ); DCA 118; HGC 9, 875a. 16.74gr, 29mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Pleasant cabinet tone. Flan crack at 5h. Apparently the only example with this monogram variety.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Cyprus, Salamis AE 13mm. Evagoras II, circa 361-351 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Head of Athena to left, wearing crested Attic helmet / Prow of galley to left; ΣAΛ upwards to left. Tziambazis 130; BMC 74; Traité II, 1193. 2.51gr, 13mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 14mm. Circa 9 BC-AD 40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head to right / Crossed cornucopiae; Aramaic letter and pellet in between. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 70; cf. CN 96. 2.42gr, 14mm, 1h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
