LOT 2772
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaeus (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 104-76 BCE.
Jerusalem mint. Splayed double cornucopiae with pomegranate/poppy between the horns / 'Yehonatan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews' (in Paleo-Hebrew) in five lines within wreath. Hendin GBC 6, 6182; TJC R; Sofaer 355-369. Very Fine.(1.92gr, 13mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 2772
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaeus (Yehonatan) AE Prutah.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Ionia, Miletos EL 1/48 Stater. Circa 600-546 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Lion's paw / Scorpion in incuse square. Hilbert Phase 1, MM5; SNG Kayhan -; Weidauer 168. 0.31gr, 4mm.
Extremely Fine.
Private collection, 1990s. -
Lucania, Metapontum AR Didrachm of Nomos. Circa 330-290 BC.
Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £900
Struck under the magistrates EY- (Eu-) and ΛY- (Ly-). Head of Demeter to right, wearing grain wreath, pendant earring and pearl necklace; ΕΥ beneath chin / ΜΕΤΑ, ear of barley with leaf to right; above leaf, sixteen-rayed star; in the lower field to left, ΛΥ. ANS 499 (same dies); Johnston C.8.12 (same dies). 7.77gr, 21mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine. Attractive toning with iridescence in fields. Well-centred.
Property of a late collector. Ex Vinchon, 11 April 1988, 185. Ex Münzen und Medaillen FPL 342, February 1973, 6. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy Apion (as King of Kyrenaika) AE Chalkous. Circa 104/1-96 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Kyrene mint. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon to right / BAΣIΛE ΠTOΛ, headdress of Isis. Asolati 113; Svoronos 1845 (Ptolemy XIII, Alexandreia); SNG Copenhagen 685 ff. (Ptolemy IX, uncertain mint on Cyprus). 2.25gr, 13mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
