LOT 3056
Spain, Secaisa AE Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
Male head right, dolphin in front and behind / Horseman right, holding spear, Iberic SECaISA legend below. Vill 236.40; Burgos 2131 (text); Calico 1124-26. Good Very Fine. Bold dolphins, great rider, gorgeous green patina.(8.39gr, 23mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Chris Rudd, 130, lot 2, ref. no.16576.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
Celtiberian Secaisa was in the region of Aragon, northern Spain.
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Nabataea, Uncertain King PB Tessera or Token. 1st century BC-1st century AD.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Male head to right / Bull butting to left. Cf. CN Category II, Group K, fig. 11.10; cf. Younis Al-Qatanani, Nabataean Coins, p. 141, 250, t1. 1.91gr, 13mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Mysia, Kyzikos AR Obol. Circa 450-400 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Forepart of boar to left; to right, tunny downward / Head of roaring lion to left; retrograde K to upper left; all within incuse square. Von Fritze II 15; SNG BN 380-4. 0.80gr, 11mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
South Arabia. Himyar, 'Amdan Bayan Yahaqbid AR Unit. Circa AD 100-120. Raydan mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Head to right within dotted circle interrupted by monogram to left / Small head to right; 'sceptre' to right. CAF 3.4i; Huth 441; SNG ANS 1595. 1.15gr, 15mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
