LOT 3160
Troas, Gentinos AE 11mm. Circa 350-300 BC.
Female head to right, wearing mural crown; crescent(?) before / Г-Е, bee in linear square. SNG Copenhagen 336 (crescent not mentioned); SNG Ashmolean 1141 (same). Very Fine. Very rare mint.(1.41gr, 11mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Judaea. Hasmoneans, Mattathias Antigonos (Mattatayah) AE Prutah. 40-37 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Splayed double cornucopiae with barley ear between the horns / 'Mattityah' (in Paleo-Hebrew) within wreath. Hendin GBC 6, 6199; Hendin GBC 5, 1164; TJC 40; Sofaer 438-445. 1.87gr, 12mm, 11h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Lydo-Milesian standard. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 17. 5.56gr, 15mm.
Near Very Fine. Countermarks on both sides and uncertain legend on reverse.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
South Arabia. Himyar, 'Amdan Bayan Yahaqbid AR Unit. Circa AD 100-120. Raydan mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Head to right within circular torque / Small head to right; yanaf-monogram to left, 'sceptre' to right. CAF 3.2ai; Huth 429. 1.26gr, 14mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
