LOT 3042
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. Huth 304. Very Fine.(2.18gr, 16mm, 7h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Group of Five [5] Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE Coins. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Various types. 51.98gr total.
Condition as seen.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Phrygia, Apameia AE 23mm. Circa 88-40 BC. ΑΝΤΙΦΩΝ ΜΕΝΕΚΛΕΟΥΣ (Antiphon, son of Menekles), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / AΠAME[ΩN], eagle, with star above, alighting on base of maeander pattern flanked by caps of the Dioscuri; ΑΝΤΙΦΩΝ ΜΕΝΕΚΛΕ[ΟΥΣ] below. SNG Copenhagen 164; HGC 7, 670. 10.10gr, 23mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Phoenicia, Marathos AE 22mm. Circa 220-150 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Veiled female head (Berenike II?) to right / Marathos standing to left, holding aphlaston and leaning on short column. Duyrat, Ateliers Series 4, 161-7; HGC 10, 193. 9.45gr, 23mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
