LOT 3091
Thrace, Chersonesos AR Hemidrachm. Circa 357-320 BC.
Forepart of lion to right, head reverted / Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; in two sunken quarters: pellet and monogram, pellet. McClean -; HGC 3.2, 1437. Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unique variant.(1.92gr, 14mm.).
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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Nabataea, Obodas II, with Hagaru I AR Sela'-Drachm. Dated RY 11 (20/19 BC). Petra mint.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
'BDT MLKA' in Nabataean to right, diademed and draped bust of Obodas to right; 'ŠNT' and date 11 in Nabataean to left / Jugate diademed and draped busts of Obodas and Hagaru to right. CN 50 var. (Nabataean Ḥ in field on reverse); Meshorer, Nabataea -; DCA2 1015. 4.57gr, 18mm, 10h.
Very Fine. Struck with worn dies, large lamination on reverse.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 565, 3 July 2024, lot 255. -
Judaea, Caesarea Maritima AE 'Minim'. 1st-3rd centuries AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Turretted head of Tyche to right; three pellets before / Palm tree; three pellets(?) to left. Cf. Hamburger, “Minute Coins from Caesarea,” ‘Atiqot I (1955), 17-19 (different marks on obverse). 0.60gr, 10mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Cyprus, Evagoras I AR Obol. Circa 411-374 BC. Salamis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Bare male head to right / Blank. BMC 47; Tziambazis 116. 0.69gr, 11mm.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
