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LOT 3014
South Arabia, Saba' AR Unit. Circa 3rd century BC.
Imitating Athens. Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves and palmette, and disc earring; N (in retrograde South Arabian) (mark of value) on cheek / AΘ[E], owl standing to right, head facing, olive spray and crescent to left. Huth 160; HGC 10, 720. Very Fine.(4.93gr, 15mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Indo-Scythians, Azes AR Drachm. Circa 58-12 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN MEΓAΛOY AZOY, king on horseback riding to right, 'Ti' in Karosthi before horse / Pallas Athena standing to right holding spear and shield, right arm extended in benediction, monogram to left and right. HGC 12, 653. 2.49gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex A.G. & S.Gillis, South Yorkshire, UK. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Obodas II AE 23mm. Circa 30-9 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Petra mint. Dated RY 4 (27/6 BC). Diademed and draped bust to right / Filleted cornucopia to right(?); 'Obodas the king, king of the Nabataeans' in Aramaic around, 'Year 4' across field. Cf. CN 31; Meshorer, Nabataea -; DCA -. 9.33gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only one other example on CoinArchives (CNG e-541, 198).
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left; uncertain countermarks (cf. 126 and 168) / Oblong incuse punch; countermarks: 116 and 202. Carradice Type IV, Group B. 5.44gr, 15mm.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii.
