LOT 3943
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 103-76 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Yehonatan the King' in paleo-Hebrew between rays of eight-rayed star; all within diadem / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, upright anchor. Hendin 6189; Meshorer Group K; HGC 10, 637. Very Fine.(1.13gr, 14mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceLondon gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.
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LOT 3943
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AR Drachm. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. 'Kolophon', circa 301-297 BC.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £83
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; [A]ΛEΞANΔΡOY to right, forepart of lion to left above crescent in left field, pentagram below throne. Price 1842; Thompson 120; SNG Copenhagen 909. 4.10gr, 18mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Subtle, old cabinet tone, a highly attractive example of a desirable type and among the very finest to come to auction in the past two decades.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 97, 26 May 2022, lot 234. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AE 18mm. 336-323 BC. Uncertain Macedonian mint.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin / BA, club and bow-in-quiver; below, uncertain control. Cf. Price 382. 6.01gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
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Lydia. Ifes, Lydian usurper(?) AR Hemiobol. Circa 450/425-400 BC. Uncertain mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Youthful male head to left / 'Ifelim' in Lydian above grain of wheat. M. Egetmeyer: Eine neue Münze mit lydischer Inschrift, in: Kadmos 51 (2012), Heft 1, 175-178, illustration 1-2 = Gemini VIII (2011), 98 (misattributed to Salamis on Cyprus). 0.36gr, 6mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
