LOT 3026
Boeotia, Federal Coinage AR Hemidrachm. Circa 395-340 BC.
Boeotian shield / B-O, kantharos; above, club to right; grape bunch on vine to right; all within incuse square. BCD Boiotia 31; HGC 4, 1165. Very Fine.(2.52gr, 13mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Seleukid Empire, Demetrios II Nikator AE 18mm. First reign, 146-138 BC. Tyre(?) mint. Uncertain date.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Diademed head of Demetrios II to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ, stern of galley to left; above, date. Cf. HGC 9, 1000. 5.32gr, 18mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleukid Empire, Alexander I Balas AR Tetradrachm. Dated SE 163 (150/49 BC). Laodikeia in Phoenicia (Berytos) mint. Phoenician standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Diademed and draped bust to right / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on palm frond; to left, ΓΞP (date) above monogram; trident to right. SC 1824.2; HGC 9, 881; DCA2 60. 12.52, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 103-76 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
[ΒΑΣΙΛΕ]ΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, upright anchor / 'Yehonatan the King' in paleo-Hebrew between rays of eight-rayed star; all within diadem. Hendin 6189; Meshorer Group K; HGC 10, 637. 2.69gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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