LOT 3070
Caria, Kasolaba(?) AR Hemiobol. Circa 450-400 BC.
Youthful male head to right; Carian letter to left, A to right; all within circular incuse / Head of ram to right. Konuk, Kasolaba 7; HN Online 943. Near Very Fine.(0.26gr, 7mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Judaea, John Hyrcanus I(?) AE Prutah. 135-104 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Two cornucopiae splayed outward, adorned with ribbons; pomegranate/poppy between / 'Yehohanan the High Priest and head of the Council of the Jews' in paleo-Hebrew within wreath. Cf. Hendin 6172; cf. TJC B; cf. Sofaer 30-64. 2.01gr, 14mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 17mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; [H-F?] in Aramaic across fields / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. 3.74gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleukis and Pieria, Apameia AE 22mm. Dated CY 276 (37/36 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / AΠAMEΩN THΣ IEPAΣ KAI AYTONOMOY, Nike advancing to left, holding untied wreath and palm; ςOΣ (date) downwards in inner left field, AN in exergue. RPC I, 4338. 6.53gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
