LOT 3148
Judaea. Hasmoneans, John Hyrcanus I AE Prutah. Uncertain SE date, 131-129 BCE. Jerusalem mint. In the name of Seleukid king Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes).
Upright anchor; [BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY] to left, [EYEPΓETOY] to right, [date] below / Lily. Sofaer 4-5; TJC p. 30; Hendin GBC 6, 6165; Hendin GBC 5, 1131; SC 2123. Near Very Fine.(3.01gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Lucania, Metapontion AE 14mm. Circa 250-207 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Athena Promachos advancing to left, brandishing spear and shield / Owl standing on grain ear to right, head facing; META upwards to left. Johnston, Bronze 68b; SNG ANS 562-4; HN Italy 1704; HGC 1, 1113. 3.34gr, 14mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
BACIΛЄ[ധC AΓ]PIΠA, 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. 2.30gr, 18mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kings of Parthia, Phriapatios to Mithradates I AR Drachm. Circa 185-132 BC. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Diademed and draped bust to left, wearing bashlyk / BΛᕒIΛEΩᕒ ΜΕΓΛΛΟΥ ΛPΣΛKOY, Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on omphalos, holding bow. Cf. Sellwood 10.1 (Mithradates I; Hekatompylos mint). 3.09gr, 19mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
