LOT 2655
Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 25mm. 300-200 BC.
Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑN ΚΑΛΧΑ, Poseidon seated to right on rock, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left; ΠΑΡ monogram in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1271-1275; HGC 3.2, 1428. Good Very Fine.(10.17gr, 25mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, gentleman.
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Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 14mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Petra mint. Struck AD 20-40. Laureate head to right; shin-[ḥēth] flanking / Crossed cornucopiae; shin-ḥēth flanking. Meshorer, Nabataea 116. 2.01gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 28mm. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑNτI ΚΑΛΧΑΔο, Poseidon seated to right on rock, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left; ΔΑ in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1257-1262 (ΚΑΛΧΑΔΩ); HGC 3.2, 1428. 10,95gr, 28mm,12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Axum, Anonymous AE Unit. Circa AD 359/60-450.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
BACI-ΛEYC ("King"), draped bust to right, wearing headcloth; all within circle border / Uncertain legend in blundered Greek, cross within circle. Cf. Hahn & Keck 36; cf. SACAM 151-89; cf. H 33; cf. AC 52. 1.23gr, 14mm.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
