LOT 3278
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.(2.81gr, 17mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darios I to Xerxes I AR Sixth Siglos. Circa 505-480 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, drawing bow / Incuse punch. Carradice Type II; Meadows, Administration -; BMC Arabia -; Brindley -; Klein -; Sunrise -. 0.82gr, 8mm.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea, Caesareia Maritima AE 'Minim'. 1st-3rd centuries AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Turretted head of Tyche(?) to right / Palm tree. Cf. Hamburger, “Minute Coins from Caesarea,” Atiqot I (1955), 22-23. 0.78gr, 13mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
North Africa, Carthage AR Quarter Shekel. Second Punic War issue, circa 213-211 BC. Akragas mint under Punic occupation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Male head to right (Triptolemos?), wearing wreath of grain ears / Horse leaping to right, Punic ḤT below. Burnett, The Enna Hoard, SNR 62, 148-149; SNG Copenhagen 380. 1.99gr, 14mm, 8h.
Near Extremely Fine. Deep old cabinet tone.
Acquired from Praefectus Coins (J.P. Anderson). Ex Spink, Auction 22108, 25 August 2022, lot 3098. Property of a London antiquarian.
