LOT 3132
Cimmerian Bosporos, Pantikapaion AR Triobol. Circa 480-470 BC.
Lion's head facing / Irregular incuse square punch. Frolova Type I; SNG BM Black Sea 836; HGC 7, 31. Very Fine.(2.40gr, 11mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3132
Cimmerian Bosporos, Pantikapaion AR Triobol.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Philistia, Uncertain mint AR Drachm. 450-333 BC.
Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
Bearded head to right / Paradise flower or Phoenician palmette, two birds standing right and left within the volutes, dolphin swimming to right below, all in dotted square within incuse square. Gitler & Tal XVII.6D. 1.83gr, 14mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Double struck and test cut on reverse.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 121, 6 October 2022, lot 565. -
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 103-76 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
'Yehonatan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews' (in Paleo-Hebrew) within wreath / Splayed double cornucopiae with pomegranate/poppy between. Hendin 6186; Meshorer Group S; HGC 10, 641. 1.88gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Drachm. Late 5th-4th centuries BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Facing gorgoneion; spiral ornament around / Upright anchor; A and crayfish flanking; all in circular incuse. Cf. Topalov, Apollonia 44; HGC 3, 1324. 2.81gr, 13mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
