LOT 3279
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.(2.35gr, 15mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Kingdom of Macedon, Time of Philip V and Perseus AE Unit. 187-168 BC. Uncertain mint in Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head of Zeus to right / MA-KE-ΔO-NΩN, thunderbolt; monogram below. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 1307. 10.15gr, 22mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Lydo-Milesian standard. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 17. 5.51gr, 15mm.
Near Very Fine. Countermarks on both sides.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Demetrios I Poliorketes AR Tetradrachm. 291-290 BC. Pella mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Diademed and horned head to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ, Poseidon, nude, standing to left, right foot propped on rock, holding trident and resting on leg; monogram to outer left. Newell 82; SNG Copenhagen 1177-9 var. (monogram). 17.03gr, 27mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine. Some surface marks, knock to edge 6/3h.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 57, 30 May 2019, lot 327. Property of a London antiquarian.
