LOT 3030
Attica, Athens AR Drachm. Circa 454-404 BC. Contemporary imitation.
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig in upper left field, all within incuse square. For prototype, cf. Kroll 10 and HGC 4, 1631; for another similar example cf. CNG, e-374, 229. Near Very Fine. Test cut.(2.93gr, 14mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3030
Attica, Athens AR Drachm.
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios(?) (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 103-76 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Legend in Paleo-Hebrew within wreath / Splayed double cornucopiae with pomegranate/poppy between. Cf. HGC 10, 641. 2.01gr, 16mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nabataea, Rabbel II, with Shaqilat AR Sela'-Drachm. AD 70-106. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Laureate and draped bust of Rabbel II to right; inscription in Aramaic around / Veiled and draped bust of Shaqilat to right; inscription in Aramaic around. Cf. CN 218; cf. Meshorer, Nabataea, 144. 2.45gr, 16mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Pontos, Amisos AE 29mm. Time of Mithradates VI Eupator, circa 90-85 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Head of Athena to right, wearing Attic helmet / Perseus standing facing, holding harpa and Medusa's head; Medusa's body at his feet, monogram of MET to left, monogram of ZEA to right. HGC 7, 238. 18.14gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany.
