LOT 2977
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. Good Very Fine.(2.87gr, 15mm, 6h.).
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. 37-43 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Jerusalem mint. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). 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. 2.90gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Sasanian Kingdom, Husrav (Khosrau) I AR Drachm. AD 531-579.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
GD (Gay) mint. Dated RY 29 (AD 559). Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent and korymbos set on crescent, stars flanking; ribbons on shoulders, crescent before; all within single border with crescents in margin / Fire altar with ribbons flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; all within single border. Göbl type II/2. 4.01gr, 30mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
Ex property of a South West London gentleman. -
Sasanian Kingdom, Husrav (Khosrau) II AR Drachm. AD 591-628.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
WYHC (Veh-az-Amid-Kavād) mint. Dated RY 36 (AD 627). Cuirassed bust to right, wearing mural crown with two wings; stars flanking, ribbons on shoulders; all within double border with star-in-crescents in margin / Fire altar with ribbons flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; all within triple border with star-in-crescents in margin. Göbl type II/3. 4.11gr, 32mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
