LOT 3085
Cilicia, Soloi AE 12mm. 2nd century BC.
Helmeted head of Athena right / Bunch of grapes on vine, sunburst to left, monogram to right. SNG France 1182-7 and SNG Levante 856-7. Very Fine. Very Rare.(2.31gr, 12mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Phoenicia, Tyre AR Half Shekel. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate head of Melkart to right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing to left on prow, palm frond in background. Cf. HGC 10, 358. 5.88gr, 19mm, 2h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nabataea, Syllaios, with Aretas IV AR Quarter Sela'-Drachm. 9-6 BC. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Diademed head of Obodas III to right; Aramaic 'shin' before / Aramaic 'shin' (Syllaios) and 'het' (Aretas) within wreath. Hoover & Barkay 2010, 32; Hoover, The Royal Nabataean Collection of Uri Mizrahi, 71; Barkay, Usurper 4; Huth 60; Meshorer, Nabataea Sup 4. 1.12gr, 9mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Herodians, Herod II Archelaus AE Half Prutah. 4 BCE-6 CE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Prow to left; [H-P]-ധ anticlockwise around / Є[ΘN] within wreath. RPC I, 4916; TJC 72; Hendin 1197. 1.12gr, 16mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
