LOT 3243
Southern Sogdiana Tribal Rulers, AR Obol. 1st century AD.
Diademed and bearded Parthian style bust of a king to left; around, traces of legend ('Kydr' (?) = Kidara in Sogdian) / Archer standing facing, head to right, holding bow in his left hand; all within circular incuse. HGC 12, 512; MIG 656 and 661. Very Fine. Toned.(0.33gr, 10mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Lucania, Metapontion AE 14mm. Circa 250-207 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Athena Promachos advancing to left, brandishing spear and shield / Owl standing on grain ear to right, head facing; META upwards to left. Johnston, Bronze 68b; SNG ANS 562-4; HN Italy 1704; HGC 1, 1113. 3.34gr, 14mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios(?) (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 103-76 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Legend in Paleo-Hebrew within wreath / Splayed double cornucopiae with pomegranate/poppy between. Cf. HGC 10, 641. 2.01gr, 16mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Mysia, Lampsakos AR Diobol. 4th-3rd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Diademed janiform female heads wearing circular earring and necklace; below, dolphin / ΛΑ[-Μ-Ψ], head of Athena wearing Corinthian helmet to right. Cf. Baldwin, Lampsakos, Group B, pl. VI, 11; cf. SNG BnF 1193. 0.96gr, 11mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
