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Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΟΥΑΡΟΥ, Tyche seated to right on rocky outcropping, holding palm branch; EK (date) to right; at feet, half-length figure of river-god Orontes swimming to right. RPC I 4242; BMC 57; McAlee 85. 6.17gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
Veiled bust of Astarte to right / Humped bull running to left, KN-ΠC above; POЄ (date), P and Phoenician 'b' below. Duyrat 4481-4490; HGC 10, 80. 6.98gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Galley to left, containing two hoplites with helmets and round shields; hippocamp to left below / Lion attacking bull to left; 'YN'L MLK GBL in Phoenician above. E&E-B Group IV.4.2; HGC 10, 139. 0.64gr, 9mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Two hoplites, holding shields, on galley to left above waves, prow ending in lion's head; below, hippocamp to left / Lion attacking bull to left. E&E-B Series IV.4.2; HGC 10, 139. 0.66gr, 10mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Galley to left, containing two hoplites with helmets and round shields; hippocamp to left below / Lion attacking bull to left. E&E-B Group IV.4.2; HGC 10, 139. 0.65gr, 10mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Laureate and draped bust of Ptolemy VI (?) as Hermes to right, with kerykeion over left shoulder / Marathos advancing to left, holding aphlaston in his right hand; to right, 'Amrit' in Phoenician; to left, 'year 87(?)' in Phoenician. DCA 832; HGC 10, 194. 5.88gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
Extremely Rare Issue of Marathus
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Laureate head of Zeus to right / Double cornucopiae, tied with taenia; to right, BNT (date); to left 'b' in Phoenician. RPC III 3825.4 (this coin); Rouvier 862; ANS 1948.19.2211. 6.42gr, 20mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely rare; only five examples on RPC Online and no other examples on CoinArchives. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk).
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
Good Very Fine. Extremely rare; only five examples on RPC Online and no other examples on CoinArchives. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk).
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Galley sailing to left before city wall with three towers; below, lion recumbent to left / The Persian Great King standing to right, drawing bow; to left, incuse head of Bes; to right, incuse head of ibex. E&E-S Group III.3.a; Betlyon 10; HGC 10, 230. 0.48gr, 9mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Bust of Melkart to right, wearing laurel wreath, [lion skin around neck] / ΤΥPΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, eagle standing to left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, L Δ (date) above club; monogram of ZB and Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 10; Rouvier 1957; DCA 919; BMC 51; Hunt II 606; HGC 10, 357. 13.91gr, 27mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Unpublished Phoenician Fraction
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Turretted head of Tyche to right / Club. For a similar example see CNG, E-399, 241; otherwise unpublished. 1.28gr, 10mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare and unpublished.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Very Fine. Extremely rare and unpublished.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Head of Hercules to right, wearing taenia / Boar to right. Cf. Hamburger, Caesarea 36-51. 1.29gr, 11mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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