LOT 3283
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 cornucopiae splayed outward, adorned with ribbons; pomegranate/poppy between. Hendin 6181; TJC P; Sofaer 274-313. Very Fine.(2.24gr, 14mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3283
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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Ionia, Smyrna AE Homereion. After 190 BC. EΡΜΟΛΑΟΣ ΠΑΡΜΕΝΙΟΝΤΟΣ (Hermolaos, son of Parmenion), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Laureate head of Apollo to right / Homer seated to left, holding scroll, transverse sceptre behind; [Z]MYPNAIΩN to right, EPMOΛAOΣ ΠΑΡΜΕΝΙΟ[NΤΟΣ] in three lines to left. BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; Milne (NC 1927) Pg. 88, No. 302. 8.84gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Dark green patina. Extremely Rare.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
Strabo mentions specifically this issue of bronze coinage from Smyrna when, discussing the city, he says "there is also a library; and the 'Homereum', a quadrangular portico containing a shrine and wooden statue of Homer; for the Smyrnaeans also lay especial claim to the poet and indeed a bronze coin of theirs is called a Homereum" (Strabo, Geographica XIV, I.37, transl. by H.C. Jones, The Geography of Strabo, VI [Loeb, 1960], pp. 245-247). -
Islands off Caria. Rhodos, Rhodes AR Hemidrachm. Circa 170-150 BC. ΑΡΤΕΜΩΝ (Artemon, magistrate). Plinthophoric standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Radiate head of Helios facing slightly to right / ΑΡΤΕΜΩΝ, rose with bud to right; P-O flanking, club to left; all within incuse square. Jenkins, Rhodian 44; HN Online 103; HGC 6, 1462. 1.38gr, 13mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Iridescent toning.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
BACIΛЄധC [AΓPIΠA], canopy / Three ears of corn; L [Ϛ] (date) across fields. RPC I 4981; TJC 120; Hendin GBC 6, 6274; Hendin GBC 5, 1244; Sofaer 153-6. 2.71gr, 17mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
