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LOT 3224
South Arabia. Himyar AR Unit. Circa AD 100-120.
Head to right within dotted circle interrupted by monogram to left / Small head to right; 'sceptre' to right. Cf. SNG ANS 1602-1609. Near Very Fine.(0.64gr, 11mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Ex property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Illyria, Dyrrhachion AR Drachm. Circa 275-270 BC. Reduced Korkyraian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Pegasus flying right; Δ below. HGC 3.1, 36; SNG Lockett 2224. 2.30gr, 14mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Well toned.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphos AE Obol. Circa 260s BC. Alexandria mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ [ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ], eagle with wings spread standing to left on thunderbolt; to left, Galatian shield between two monograms; Λ between legs; c/m: incuse trident. CPE B190; Svoronos 581; SNG Copenhagen 129. 15.01gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Rabbel II, with Gamilat AE 16mm. Struck circa AD 88/9-106/6. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Jugate laureate and draped busts of Rabbel and Gamilat to right / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. CN 235; Meshorer, Nabataea 163. 2.99gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
