LOT 3295
Group of Ten [10] Greek Caria Stratonikeia AE Units. 2nd century BC.
Comprising: mixed issues and reverse types. Condition as shown.(65.95gr total, 18-20mm.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Spain, Barskunes AR Denarius. Late 2nd century BC.
Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Bare head to right; Iberian BENKOTA behind / Warrior on horseback to right, holding sword; Iberian BASKUNES below. ACIP 1630; SNG BM Spain 904-7; CNH 10. 3.79gr, 18mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
Private collection, France. Private European collection. -
Judaea, First Jewish War AE Trial(?) Shekel. 1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
Omer cup; date in Hebrew above; inscription in Hebrew around / Sprig of three pomegranates; inscription in Hebrew around. Cf. Meshorer 188; cf. Hendin 656; cf. Bromberg 60-1 (all for AR half shekels). 6.03gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Cyprus, Salamis. NIkokreon AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 323-317 BC. In the name of Philip III of Macedon, the types of Alexander III.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; rudder in left field, T beneath throne. Zapiti & Michaelidou 29; Price P130 corr. (T not K); Newell, Some 12; Tziambazis 19 var. (no letter beneath throne). 16.70gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. 'A' graffito on reverse.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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