LOT 3239
Greek King of Baktria, Eukratides I AR Obol. c.175-170 BC.
Diademed and draped bust right, wearing horned Boiotian helmet, within bead-and-reel border / BAΣIΛEΩΣ – EΥKΡATIΔOY, caps of the Dioskouroi; monogram AN below. MIG 181a; HGC 12, 139. Very Fine.(0.62gr, 11mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Cyprus, Paphos. Timarchos or Nikokles AE 11mm. Circa 350-320 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head of Aprodite to left, wearing decorated crown / Rose. Destrooper, Monnayage 10; Zapiti & Michaelidou 23; cf. Tziambazis 93. 1.42gr, 11mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Rabbel II, with Gamilat AE 18mm. Struck circa AD 88/9-106/6. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Jugate laureate and draped busts of Rabbel and Gamilat to right / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. CN 235; Meshorer, Nabataea 163. 3.81gr, 18mm, 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): £59
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. 2.11gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
