LOT 2844
South Arabia, Himyar AR Unit. 2nd-3rd century AD.
'Bucranium Series'. Diademed male head to left; curved symbol of Almaqah to left, symbol of Athtar(?) to right; disc-crescent of Dhat-Hamim above / Head of antelope facing; monogram to left, curved symbol of Almaqah to right; disc-crescent of Dhat-Hamim above. Cf. CAF 2.2i; cf. Huth 302-3. Near Very Fine.(2.39gr, 15mm, 11h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Phoenicia, Sidon AE 23mm. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Dated CY 40 (72/1 BC). Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΣΙΔΩΝΙΩΝ, bull running to left, upon which sits Europa, who holds her veil and horn of bull; [L] M (date) across upper field. HGC 10, 286 var. (unlisted date); DCA2 885 var. (same); CNG e570, 168 (hammer: 650 USD). 9.05gr, 23mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare with this date.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch; countermarks: 116 & unlisted. Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 26. 5.51gr, 16mm.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii. -
Nabataea, Rabbel II, with Gamilat AE 17mm. AD 70/1-105/6.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Petra mint; struck circa AD 88/9-105/6. Jugate laureate and draped busts to right / Crossed cornucopiae; legend between and above. CN 235; Meshorer, Nabataea 163. 3.19gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
