LOT 3188
Islands off Caria. Rhodos, Rhodes AR Hemidrachm. Circa 170-150 BC. ΑΘΑΝΟΔΩΡΟΣ (Athanodoros), magistrate. 'Plinthophoric' coinage.
Radiate head of Helios facing slightly to right / ΑΘΑΝΟΔΩΡΟΣ, rose with bud to right; kerykeion to left; all within incuse square. Jenkins, Rhodian, Group B, 43; HN Online 881; HGC 6, 1462. Very Fine.(1.43gr, 12mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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. 2.76gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Thrace, Chersonesos AR Hemidrachm. Circa 357-320 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Forepart of lion to right, head reverted / Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; in two sunken quarters: pellet and monogram, pellet. McClean -; HGC 3.2, 1437. 1.92gr, 14mm.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unique variant.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Seleukid Empire, Alexander I Balas AE Serrate. 152-145 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Diademed head of Alexander I to right / BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Athena standing to left, holding Nike in right hand, left hand resting on shield set on ground; in inner left field, KA monogram above star above Δ. SC 1793.4; HGC 9, 900. 7.32gr, 22mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
