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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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Cyprus, Kition. Pumiathon AE Unit. Circa 362/1-312 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Lion standing to left; [above, head of ram to left] / Horse standing to left; star above, [monogram to left]. Cf. Destrooper 6; cf. Zapiti & Michaelidou 27-8; cf. Tziambazis 129. 2.95gr, 15mm, 11h.
Good Fine.
Ex Parthenon Gallery and Coincraft, London, UK, 1990s-2000s. Property of a North London, UK, private collector. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Xerxes I to Darius II AR Siglos. Circa 485-420 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (early), style B. Lydo-Milesian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Groups A/B (pl. XII). 5.45gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Banker's mark.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
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Thrace, Maroneia AE 14mm. Circa 398-346 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Horse galloping to right; monogram of ΠΝΚ below / ΜΑΡ-ΩΝΙ-ΤΩΝ, legend around grape arbor within linear square border; monogram of EY below. Evelpidis 962-3; SNG Copenhagen 632; Schönert-Geiss, Maroneia 721-923; BMC -. 2.94gr, 14mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
