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LOT 2709
Ionia, Kolophon AR Tetartemorion. Circa 530-500 BC.
Archaic head of Apollo(?) to left / Quadripartite incuse square punch. Kim & Kroll 84-103; SNG Kayhan 343-7; SNG von Aulock 1810. Extremely Fine. Toned. Sharply struck and well-centred.(0.23gr, 5mm.).
ProvenanceAcquired in London in 2011.
Private collection, Switzerland.
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Judaea. First Jewish War AE Prutah. Dated Year 2 (67/8 CE).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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. 2.20gr, 16mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
North Arabia, Lihyan(?) AE 17mm. Circa 2nd-1st centuries BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Imitating Athens. Schematic head of Athena to right, with crescent on cheek, wearing crested Attic helmet / Stylised owl standing to right, head facing; olive sprig to left, [A]Θ[E] downwards to right. Cf. Huth 40 = Huth, Athenian, fig. 5, e. 5.82gr, 17mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Rhodos, Rhodes AR Drachm. Circa 88/42 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
ΣΩΜΑΧΟΣ (Somachos), magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly to right / Rose of six petals seen from above; ΣΩΜΑΧΟΣ above, P-O across fields, palm branch to left below. Unpublished magistrate's name in the major references including Ashton. 4.00gr, 21mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine. The second known example of this magistrate [Numismatik Naumann 82, 156 (hammer 1,200 EUR).
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
The name Somachos is not found anywhere else, although it does not appear to be of Rhodian origin (for more see Alan J. Nussbaum, Rhodian Personal Names in Αγλου-, Αριστου-, Τιμου- and the Dialect History of the Island, p. 455 in 'A Tribute to Massimo Poetto on the Occasion of His 70th Birthday', Warsaw, 2019).
