LOT 3170
Ionia, Ephesos AR Tetartemorion. Circa 550-500 BC.
Bee, with spread wings, seen from above / Incuse square punch. Karwiese Series III. Very Fine.(0.21gr, 6mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
BACIΛЄധC AΓPIΠA, canopy / Three ears of corn; L Ϛ (date) across fields. RPC I 4981; TJC 120; Hendin GBC 6, 6274; Hendin GBC 5, 1244; Sofaer 153-6. 1.90gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Seleucis and Pieria, Apameia AE 21mm. Dated SE 275 (38/7 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Helmetted and draped bust of Athena to right / ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΟΥ, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm; EOΣ (date) to inner left, [letters?] in exergue. RPC I 4337; DCA 413; HGC 9, 1424. 7.98gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Phoenicia. Byblos, 'Aynel (Enylos) AR 1/16 Shekel. Circa 350-326 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Galley to left, containing two hoplites with helmets and round shields; hippocamp to left below / Lion attacking bull to left. E&E-B Group IV.4.2; HGC 10, 139. 0.65gr, 10mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
