LOT 3242
Eastern Sogdiana, AR Hemidrachm. 2nd-1st century BC.
Diademed Seleukid head right / Head and neck of horse right, uncertain legend around. MIG, The Dahae of the East Caspian Lowlands 666. Very Fine.(2.59gr, 16mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 103-76 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔOY, anchor / 'Yehonatan the King' in paleo-Hebrew between rays of eight-rayed star; all within diadem. Hendin 6189; HGC 10, 637. 1.98gr, 15mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Earthern green patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Phoenicia, Sidon. Uncertain Ruler AR Sixteenth Shekel. Circa 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Phoenician galley to left / Persian king or hero, holding dagger, standing to right, fighting lion standing to left on its hind legs; Phoenician letter between; all within incuse square. Cf. HGC 10, 240 (Sakton II). 0.74gr, 9mm, 9h.
Good Fine. Corroded surfaces.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphos AE Obol. Circa 260s BC. Alexandria mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ [ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ], eagle with wings spread standing to left on thunderbolt; to left, Galatian shield between two monograms; Λ between legs; c/m: incuse trident. CPE B190; Svoronos 581; SNG Copenhagen 129. 15.01gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
