LOT 3391
Baktria, Uncertain Mint AR Diobol. Circa 4th century BC.
Forepart of boar to right, monogram or symbol below / Head of roaring lion to right. Cf. CNG 87, 604; cf. CNG E-243, 153; cf. CNG E-225, 159; otherwise unpublished. Very Fine. Extremely rare.(1.09gr, 10mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 57, 30 May 2019, lot 575.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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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. -
Calabria, Tarentum AR Didrachm or Nomos. Circa 272-240 BC. Struck under the magistrate ΑΓΑΘΑΡΧΟΣ (Agatharchos). Reduced standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Nude youth on horseback to right, crowning horse and holding rein; beneath horse, AΓAΘ-A[P] XOΣ in two lines / TAPAΣ, Phalanthos, holding kantharos in outstretched right hand and cornucopia in left, on dolphin to left; to right, race torch. Vlasto 852-4; HN III 1028. 6.57gr, 20mm, 8h.
Very Fine. Lightly toned. Minor flan flaws.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Gaul, Massalia AR Drachm. 2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Light standard. Diademed and draped bust of Artemis to right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Lion standing to right, raising foreleg; MAΣΣA above, N(?) beneath lion's foreleg, AAΠ in exergue. LT- ; BN 1376; MHM 55/2. 2.15gr, 16mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine. Nice deep cabinet toning. Extremely rare with this legend.
Ex cgb.fr. (bga_198328). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
