LOT 2914
Illyria, Dyrrhachion AR Drachm. Circa 80/70-60/55 BC.
ΜΕΝΙΣΚΟΣ (Meniskos) and ΛΥΚΙΣΚΟΣ (Lykiskos), magistrates. Cow standing to right, looking back at suckling calf standing to left below; MENIΣKOΣ above, statue of Isis to right / Double stellate pattern in double linear square; ΔYP ΛY-KIΣ-KOY around; all within linear circle border. Ceka 325; Maier 278; HGC 3, 40. Very Fine.(2.78gr, 18mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Pontos, Amisos AR Hemidrachm. Circa 300-125 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Demetrios, magistrate. Rhodian standard. Turreted bust of Hera-Tyche to right / Owl with spread wings standing facing on upturned shield, ΔΗ-ΜΗ-TPIOY across lower fields. SNG Stancomb 665 = SNG von Aulock 53; Recueil général I, 11, 4; SNG BM Black Sea 1118-20; HGC 7, 234. 1.72gr, 12mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine. Attractive old cabinet tone. Scratch on obverse.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005. -
Seleucid Empire, Antiochos III AR Drachm. 222-187 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Uncertain mint of the periphery of the Seleucid empire. Diademed head to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANT-IOXOY, Apollo Delphios seated on omphalos to left, holding arrow with his right hand and resting his left on a bow leaning against the omphalos behind him; AP and MYP monograms placed sideways to outer left. SC 1292 corr. (reading of the monograms) = BnF, R 2176; HGC 9, 452o (R3). 4.11gr, 17mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Exceedingly rare.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
Judaea. First Jewish War AE Prutah. Dated Year 2 (67/8 CE).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Jerusalem mint. 'Year two' in Paleo-Hebrew, amphora with broad rim and two handles / 'The freedom of Zion' in Paleo-Hebrew; vine leaf on small branch with tendril. TJC 196a; Sofaer 11-4; Hendin GBC 6, 6389; Hendin GBC 5, 1360. 1.90gr, 15mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
