LOT 2984
Judaea. First Jewish War AE Prutah. Dated Year 2 (67/8 CE).
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. Very Fine.(2.56gr, 16mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Kingdom of Persis. Ardaxsir (Artaxerxes) II AR Obol. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Diademed bust of Artaxerxes II to left, wearing mural crown; behind, monogram / King standing to left, holding sceptre and sacrificing before altar to left. Klose & Müseler 4/13; Alram 572; Tyler-Smith 81-93; cf. Sunrise 596 (no monogram). 0.73gr, 11mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
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. -
Kings of Armenia, Artaxias III AE 23mm. Posthumous imitation, circa AD 35-54.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Blundered legend around four-pointed Armenian tiara to left; Δ before, star behind / Blundered legend around horse standing to right. Kovacs 194. 10.14gr, 23mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
