LOT 3020
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 103-76 BC. Jerusalem mint.
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. Very Fine.(2.44gr, 16mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s.
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LOT 3020
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Drachm. Struck under Menander or Kleitos, circa 322-319 BC. Kolophon mint. In the types of Alexander III.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / 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; monogram of ΠA in left field. Price P46. 4.05gr, 17mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman, acquired before 1985, thence by descent 2025. -
Islands off Mysia, Pordosilene AR Hemidrachm. Circa 427-405 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Head of young male to right, wearing tainia / ΠΟΡΔ, panther standing to right within incuse square. Erol-Özdizbay 2; S&B 2; HGC 6, 1097. 1.95gr, 11mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine. Nicely toned with hints of golden iridescence.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Thrace, Byzantion AR Tetradrachm. Circa 90-80 BC. In the name and types of Lysimachos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Diademed head of Alexander the Great to right with horn of Ammon over his ear / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛΥΣIMAXOΥ, Athena seated to left on throne, leaning her left elbow on her shield and holding Nike, crowning the king's name, in her outstretched right hand, behind, transverse spear with point below left; monogram of ΠΜΤΩ to inner left, BY beneath throne, ornate trident in exergue. Callataÿ Group 3, p. 124; Müller 207; HGC 3, 1406. 16.08gr, 33mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
