LOT 3176
Judaea, First Jewish War AE Trial(?) Shekel. 1st century AD.
Omer cup; date in Hebrew above; inscription in Hebrew around / Sprig of three pomegranates; inscription in Hebrew around. Cf. Meshorer 188; cf. Hendin 656; cf. Bromberg 60-1 (all for AR half shekels). Near Very Fine.(6.03gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3176
Judaea, First Jewish War AE Trial(?) Shekel.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
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Group of Ten [10] Greek Caria Stratonikeia AE Units. 2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising: mixed issues and reverse types. 61.42gr total, 18-20mm.
Condition as shown.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 103-76 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, upright anchor / 'Yehonatan the King' in paleo-Hebrew between rays of eight-rayed star; all within diadem. Hendin 6189; Meshorer Group K; HGC 10, 637. 2.11gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Cyprus, Salamis. NIkokreon AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 323-317 BC. In the name of Philip III of Macedon, the types of Alexander III.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; rudder in left field, T beneath throne. Zapiti & Michaelidou 29; Price P130 corr. (T not K); Newell, Some 12; Tziambazis 19 var. (no letter beneath throne). 16.70gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. 'A' graffito on reverse.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
