LOT 2634
Western Asia Minor, uncertain mint AR Diobol. Circa 6th-5th century BC.
Possibly Caria, uncertain mint or Ionia, Miletos. Forepart of roaring lion to left / Stellate pattern within incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references including HN Online. Very Fine. Apparently unpublished and possibly unique.(0.98gr, 9mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
FootnotesThe fact that the present coin has the same reverse stellate pattern as the Diobols of Miletos (cf. SNG Kayhan I 462-75 and SNG Copenhagen 953) and some of the silver coins of the satraps of Caria (cf. HN Online 2926), leads us to attribute its origin to one of these two regions.
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Group of Eight [8] AR Sigloi of Achaemenid Empire. 5th-4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £325
Various types. 44.96gr total.
Fine to Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes) AR Tetradrachm. 138-129 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Tyre mint. Dated SE 176 (137/6 BC). Diademed and draped bust to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY, eagle standing to left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, [I]EPA above club surmounted by Tyre monogram, to right, ΑΣΥ above ςOP (date); monogram between legs. SC 2109.4a; HGC 9, 1074; DCA 198. 14.00gr, 31mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Apparently double struck of reverse.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV(?) AE 15mm. 9 BC - AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Petra mint. Laureate head to right / Crossed cornucopiae. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 73a; cf. Sofaer 48. 3.31gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
