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LOT 2668
Cyprus. Salamis, Nikokreon AE Half Unit. Struck circa 323-317 BC. In the types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Macedonian shield decorated with gorgoneion on the boss / B-A, Macedonian helmet; kerykeion to lower left. Cf. Price 3158. Good Fine.(3.07gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx property of an Essex, UK, gentleman collector.
From the private collection of a Colchester, UK, gentleman.
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Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
[BACIΛЄധC AΓPI]ΠA, canopy / Three ears of corn; L Ϛ (date) across fields. RPC I, 4981; TJC 120; Hendin GBC 6, 6274; Hendin GBC 5, 1244; Sofaer 153-6. 2.34gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex property of an Essex, UK, gentleman collector. From the private collection of a Colchester, UK, gentleman. -
North Arabia, Lihyan(?) AE 20mm. Circa 2nd-1st centuries BC. Imitating Athens.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Schematic head of Athena to right, with crescent on cheek, wearing crested Attic helmet / Stylised owl standing to right, head facing; olive sprig to left, [AΘE] downwards to right. Cf. Huth 40 = Huth, Athenian, fig. 5, e. 6.76gr, 20mm, 12h.
Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phoenicia, Marathos AE 22mm. Dated CY 131(?) (129/8 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate head of Zeus to right / Double cornucopia; date to right, Phoenician letters in fields. Cf. Duyrat, Ateliers 325; HGC 10, 195. 8.03gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
