LOT 3348
South Arabia, Himyar AR Unit. 1st century AD. 'Bucranium Series'.
Diademed male head to right; curved symbol of Almaqah to right, symbol of Athtar to left; disc-crescent of Dhat-Hamim above; musnad letter below / Head of antelope facing; monogram to left, curved symbol of Almaqah to right; disc-crescent of Dhat-Hamim above. Munro-Hay 2.3ai; SNG ANS -. Good Very Fine.(1.91gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenancePrivate Collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera AE Diobol-80 Drachmai. Circa 51-30 BC. Alexandria mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Diademed and draped bust to right / BAΣIΛIΣΣHΣ [KΛEOΠATΡAΣ], eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left, Π (mark of value) to right. Svoronos 1871; SNG Copenhagen 419-21. 12.42gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Heavily tooled and smoothed.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 103-76 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
'Yehonatan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews' (in Paleo-Hebrew) within wreath / Splayed double cornucopiae with pomegranate/poppy between. Hendin 6186; Meshorer Group S; HGC 10, 641. 1.88gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Sicily, Syracuse AR Drachm. Timoleon and the Third Democracy. Struck circa 344-339/8 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Corinthian standard. Pegasos flying to left / Laureate head of Arethusa to left; three dolphins around. SNG ANS 511; HGC 2, 1403. 2.21gr, 14mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Toned. Rough surfaces.
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.
