LOT 3082
Etruria, Peithesa AE Semuncia. 3rd century BC.
Head of Mercury to right / Owl standing three-quarters facing; [legend] to right. HN Italy 71; Sambon 128. Near Very Fine. Very Rare.(2.23gr, 15mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceEx Mike Ballerini Collection.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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The Thracian Chersonese, Sestos AE 24mm. Circa 300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Female head to left, hair bound with sphendone / ΣA, Demeter seated to left, holding grain ear in right hand and resting left on seat; to left, herm. Von Fritze 1; HGC 3.2, 1640. 8.19gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea. Herodians, Herod I AE Prutah. 40-4 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £60
HPW[...], anchor / Caduceus between crossed cornucopias. Meshorer 59; Hendin 1188; HGC 10, 661. 1.94gr, 15mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
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India, Indo-Sasanian Gadhiya Paisa BI Drachm. Circa AD 950-1050.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Indo-Sasanian style bust to right; pellets and ornaments around / Stylised fire altar; pellets around. Mitchiner, Non-Islamic 422-4. 4.03gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex UK gallery, early 2000s.
