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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Spain, Secaisa AE Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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. 8.39gr, 23mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Bold dolphins, great rider, gorgeous green patina.
Ex 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, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 15mm. Struck circa AD 17/8-39/40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Aretas, in military attire, standing facing, head to left, holding spear and sword; het in Nabataean to top right, palm frond to left / Shaqilat, veiled, standing to left, raising hand; 'Shuqailat' in Nabataean in three lines to right, wreath to left. CN 187d; Meshorer, Nabataea 97. 2.35gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AR Drachm. Struck under Menander, circa 324/3 BC. Sardes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £241
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, legs spread, his feet resting on low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; monogram of EY in left field, rose beneath throne. Price 2553; ADM I Series IX. 4.28gr, 16mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Lustrous metal.
Ex London, UK, collection, 2000s.
