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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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Kings of Parthia, Phraates IV AR Tetradrachm. Circa 38/7-2 BC. Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Uncertain date.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Diademed and draped bust to left / BAΣIΛEΩC BAΣIΛEΩN APΣAKOY EYEPΓETOY ΔIKAIOY EΠIΦANOYΣ ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ, Phraates seated to right on throne, Athena standing to left before him, presenting diadem and holding spear; [date in exergue]. Cf. Sellwood 52; cf. Sunrise 391; cf. Shore 274. 10.48gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Small area of delamination and graffiti on obverse.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Demetrios II Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Dated SE 167 (146/5 BC). Tyre mint. Phoenician standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Diademed and draped bust to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ, eagle standing to left on prow to left; palm frond in background; to left, club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, ZΞP (date) above monogram. SC 1959.1b; Newell, Tyre 82; HGC 9, 970; DCA 153. 13.09gr, 30mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nabataea, Obodas II, with Hagaru I AE 25mm. Circa 30-9 BC. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Jugate diademed and draped busts of Obodas and Hagaru to right / Crossed cornucopiae; inscription in Aramaic around. Cf. CN 38a or 42a; cf. Barkay, King 19A or 23A; cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 26. 10.44gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
