LOT 2783
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. Near Very Fine.(3.15gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 26mm. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑN [Κ]ΑΛΧΑ, Poseidon seated to right on rock, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left; ΠΑΡ monogram in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1271-1275; HGC 3.2, 1428. 10.90gr, 26mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 14mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Petra mint. Struck AD 20-40. Laureate head to right; shin-[ḥēth] flanking / Crossed cornucopiae; shin-ḥēth flanking. Meshorer, Nabataea 116. 2.01gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Group of Two [2] AR Sigloi of Achaemenid Empire. 5th-4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Various types. 10.75gr total.
Condition as seen.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London.
