LOT 3275
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. Very Fine.(2.64gr, 16mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 11mm. Struck circa 8/7 BC–AD 15/6. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head to right / Uncertain bell-shaped object with five fringes; 'Hagra' in Aramaic below. CN 149; Meshorer, Nabataea 87. 1.48gr, 11mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Cyclades, Andros AE 17mm. Circa 200-180 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Head of young Dionysos to right, wearing ivy-wreath; c/m: kantharos / Filletted thyrsos; Α-Ν-Δ-ΡΙ across fields, bunch of grapes to right. BMC Crete pg. 86, 14; Joy 510; SNG Copenhagen 613; HGC 6, 472; for countermark see Tselekas & Papageorgiadou-Banis, Countermarks on the Hellenistic coinages of the Cyclades in ΜΕΛΕΤΗΜΑΤΑ 53, p. 159. 4.11gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare countermarked Cycladic bronze.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Persis. Pakor II AR Obol. 1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Diademed bust to left / Diademed bust to left. K&M -; cf. Alram 594 (Pakōr I). 0.49gr, 8mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
