LOT 3151
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 103-76 BCE. 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. Near Very Fine.(2.11gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3151
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Mysia, Pergamon AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 76-67 BC. Te-, prytaneis. Cistophoric type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Basket (cista mystica), with half-open lid, from which snake coils, around, ivy wreath with fruits / Two snakes coiled around a bow case ornamented with aplustre; between the snake heads, TH above prytaneis monogram of ΠΡΥ, civic monogram of ΠΕΡ to left, serpent-entwined staff to right. Kleiner, Hoard 49; SNG BN 1752-3. 12.53gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany. -
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator, second satrapy and kingship AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 311-308/5 BC. Uncertain mint 6A, in Bablyonia. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔ[ΡΟΥ], Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, legs spread, 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; anchor and monogram of EΠΡ in left field, K beneath throne. SC 67.5c; Price 3437 (Marathus); HGC 9, 10d. 17.16gr, 27mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 450-375 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (late). Lydo-Milesian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb. 5.57gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
