LOT 2897
Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 26mm. 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; HP monogram in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1263-1270; HGC 3.2, 1428. Good Very Fine.(10.58gr, 26mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, gentleman.
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Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 14mm. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Petra mint; struck circa AD 17/8-39/40. Laureate head to right; [Aramaic letter ḥēth before?] / 'Aretas' in Aramaic within wreath. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 115; cf. CN 189. 2.16gr, 14mm, 11h.
Very Fine
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Judaea, Herod I AE Prutah. 40-4 BCE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Small diadem; inscription around / Tripod table within dotted circle. Hendin 6214; TJC 54; Sofaer 24. 1.15gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Illyria, Dyrrhachion AR Drachm. Circa 250-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
ΜΕΝΙΣΚΟΣ (Meniskos) and ΑΡΧΙΠΠΟΣ (Archippos), magistrates. Cow standing to right, head reverted, suckling calf; MENIΣKO[Σ] above, rudder in exergue / Double stellate pattern in double linear quadrangle; ΔYP AP-[XIΠ-ΠOY] around. Ceka 318; Maier 144; HGC 3, 40. 3.15gr, 18mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
