LOT 2727
Galatia, Tavium AE 22mm. Circa 59-50 BC.
Struck under Brogitaros. Laureate head of Zeus to right / TAYIΩN, eagle alighting to right on thunderbolt, wings spread, sceptre with diadem behind shoulder; piloi of Dioscuri surmounted by star flanking; monogram of MHTP or MATP in right field. Arslan, Pessinus ve Tavium 48 var. (no monogram and sceptre); SNG von Aulock 6237 var. (same); SNG Tübingen 4599 var. (same); HGC 7, 772 var. (same). For the style, the sceptre and the monogram see the silver Tetradrachm of Brogitaros (SNG BnF 2336; HGC 7, 777). Near Extremely Fine. Exceedingly rare and possibly unique. This coin published at www.wildwinds.com (wwxls BC11119; TLA 76450).(8.54gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx property of a UK gallery, circa 2016.
FootnotesThe sceptre behind the eagle on reverse is a symbol, which was regularly given by the Senate to client-kings for their elevated position. The sceptre with this monogram link the bronze issue with the royal silver of Brogitaros.
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Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaeus (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 104-76 BCE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Jerusalem mint. Splayed double cornucopiae with pomegranate/poppy between the horns / 'Yehonatan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews' (in Paleo-Hebrew) in five lines within wreath. Hendin GBC 6, 6182; TJC R; Sofaer 355-369. 1.92gr, 13mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy V Epiphanes AR Tetradrachm. 205-180 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Uncertain mint in Cyprus. Dated year 81 of an uncertain era (182/1 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; ΠA (date) in exergue. Svoronos 1102; Olivier 84-89; SNG Copenhagen -; DCA 73. 14.28gr, 27mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Lightly toned.
From Zurqieh, 5th July 2016. From the Molard Collection, Switzerland. Ex Nomos AG, Auction 15, 22 October 2017, lot 200 (company's ticket included). -
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Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 21mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Petra mint. Uncertain date. Diademed head of Aretas to right; [Aramaic letters across field] / Woman (Huldu?) standing facing, head to left, raising hand; Aramaic letters across field. Cf. Hoover & Barkay 49. 5.76gr, 21mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
