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LOT 2648
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; MENIΣKO[Σ] above, [statue of Isis to right] / Double stellate pattern in double linear square; ΔYP ΛY-KIΣ-KO[Y] around; all within linear circle border. Ceka 325; Maier 278; HGC 3, 40. Very Fine.(3.13gr, 18mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Kings of Characene, Maga (?), son of Attambelos (?) AE Tetradrachm. Circa AD 195-215. Charax-Spasinu mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Diademed and draped bust to right, wearing tiara; before, legend in Aramaic / Bearded head to right; around, legend in Aramaic. Cf. Klose & Müseler 7/15; Alram 510; BMC p. 305, 1-43. 12.26gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near 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): £33
'Yehonatan the King' in paleo-Hebrew between rays of eight-rayed star; all within diadem / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ [ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ], upright anchor. Hendin 6189; Meshorer Group K; HGC 10, 637. 2.45gr, 15mm.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Herodians, Herod I AE 4 Prutot. Dated RY 3 (38/7 BCE). Mint in Samaria (Sebaste?).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Macedonian shield with decorated edge / [BAΣI]ΛEΩΣ HPΩΔ[OY], crested helmet; L Γ (date) to left, monogram to right. Meshorer 45; Hendin 1170; HGC 10, 652; DCA 805. 3.77gr, 19mm.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
