LOT 2784
Judaea. First Jewish War AE Prutah. Dated year 3 (68/9 CE).
Jerusalem mint. 'Year three' in Paleo-Hebrew, amphora with broad rim, two handles and a lid / 'The freedom of Zion' in Paleo-Hebrew; vine leaf on small branch with tendril. TJC 204; Sofaer 31-35; Hendin GBC 6, 6392; Hendin GBC 5, 1363. Near Very Fine.(2.48gr, 16mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Asia Minor, Uncertain mint AR Diobol. 6th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Stylised lion's head facing, wearing a five-spiked radiate crown / Rough incuse square. Rosen 395; E.S.G. Robinson, Coins from Al-Mina, NC 1937, p. 186; SNG Copenhagen (Cyprus) 385; Weber 4591; Klein 232. 1.38gr, 9mm.
Very Fine. A mysterious coin with an enigmatic design.
Acquired in London in 2011. Private collection, Switzerland. -
Indo-Scythians, Azes AR Tetradrachm. Circa 58-12 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΖΟΥ, king on horseback to right, holding whip; 'la' in Kharosthi before / Athena standing to right, holding spear and shield in left hand and raising right; monograms flanking. Senior 98.300T. 9.72gr, 23mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Well-centred.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Malichos I AE 24mm. Circa 59/8-30 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Petra mint. Dated RY 28 (32/1 BC). Diademed head to right / Filleted cornucopia; 'Malichus the king. King of the Nabataeans' in Aramaic around; 'Year 28' across field. CN 17; Meshorer, Nabataea 18; HGC 10, 683. 11.52gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
