LOT 3038
Crete, Knossos, AE 13mm. c.200-67 BC.
Laureate head of Apollo left / square labyrinth. Svoronos 93; SNG Copenhagen 375. Very Fine. Very Rare.(1.96gr. 13mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AR Sela'-Drachm. Dated RY 31(?) (AD 22/3). Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Long-haired, laureate, moustached, and draped bust of Aretas IV to right; inscription in Nabataean around / Jugate draped busts to right of Aretas IV and Shaqilat; inscription in Nabataean around containing date at end. Cf. Barkay 170; cf. DCA 975. 3.33gr, 14mm, 6h.
Fine. Obverse off-centre.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphos AE Diobol. Circa 275-246 BC. Alexandria mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Laureate head of Zeus-Ammon to right / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with open wings standing to left on thunderbolt; monogram above Galatian shield in left field, monogram between legs. Cf. CPE B180; cf. Svoronos 553. 14.74gr, 28mm, 12h.
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): £46
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ 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. 3.24gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
