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LOT 2776
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 104-76 BCE.
Jerusalem mint. "Yehonatan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews" in paleo-Hebrew within wreath / Two cornucopias splayed outward, adorned with ribbons; pomegranate/poppy between. Hendin 6181; TJC P; Sofaer 274-313. Very Fine.(2.50gr, 14mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 2776
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 17mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Petra mint; struck AD 20-40. Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; [H-F?] in Aramaic across fields / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 114; cf. SNG ANS 1438-43; cf. Sofaer 67-9. 3.76gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ionia, Kolophon AR Tetartemorion. Circa 530/25-500 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Archaic head of Apollo to left / Incuse square punch. Kim & Kroll pp. 84-103; SNG Kayhan 354. 0.18gr, 5mm.
Extremely Fine. Toned with hints of golden iridescence.
Acquired in London in 2011. Private collection, Switzerland. -
Lesbos, Mytilene EL 1/6 of Stater or Hekte. Circa 521-478 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Head of ram to right; below, cockerel standing to left / Head of roaring lion to left; behind the truncation, rectangular punch; all incuse. BMFA 1677; Bodenstedt 11; SNG Lockett 2754; SNG von Aulock 7718. 2.45gr, 10mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired in London in 2010. Private collection, Switzerland.
