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LOT 3301
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 430-1. Good Very Fine.(1.05gr, 15mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceEx Classical Numismatic Group.
Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian.
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Illyria, Dyrrhachion AR Stater. Circa 375-280 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Cow standing to right, looking back at suckling calf standing to left below / Δ-Υ-Ρ, vertical double stellate pattern, divided by line, in linear square border; club above; all within linear circle border. HGC 3, 34. 10.69gr, 22mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Kimmerian Bosporos, Pantikapaion AE 21mm. Circa 325-310 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Head of bearded Satyr to right / Π-Α-Ν around forepart of griffin to left; sturgeon to left below. MacDonald 69; SNG BM Black Sea 869-71; SNG Stancomb 542; HGC 7, 113. 8.85gr, 21mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 118, 8 April 2024, lot 414. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Islands off Caria. Rhodos, Rhodes AE 14mm. Circa 226-220 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Diademed and veiled female bust (of Berenike II?) to right / [PO], prow of galley to right; above, rose. R. Ashton: Rhodian Bronze Coinage and the Earthquake of 229-229 BC, in: NC 1986, Group 1; BMC 228; SNG Kayhan 1706. 3.04gr, 14mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Very rare and of historical importance.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
R. Ashton connects this type with the disaster relief sent by Ptolemy III to Rhodes after the devastating earthquake of circa 226 BC.
