LOT 3021
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Mattathias Antigonos (Mattatayah) AE Eight Prutot. 40-37 BC. Jerusalem mint.
'Mattatayah the High Priest and Council of the Jews' in Paleo-Hebrew script around double cornucopiae / BACIΛEΩC ANTIΓONOY around wreath. Sofaer 418-423; TJC 36; Hendin GBC 6 6179; Hendin GBC 5 1162; HGC 10, 646. Near Very Fine.(10.99gr, 24mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3021
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Mattathias Antigonos (Mattatayah) AE Eight Prutot.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Phoenicia, Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Two hoplites, holding shields, on galley to left, prow ending in lion's head; below, hippocamp to left / Lion attacking bull to left. Cf. HGC 10, 137. 0.91gr, 10mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Thrace, Odessos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 120-90 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, 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; ⵙE in inner left field, ΔH monogram beneath throne. Price 1184; HGC 3, 1587. 16.25gr, 30mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Slightly double struck.
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. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AE Unit. Circa 359-336 BC. Uncertain Macedonian mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Diademed male head to left / ΦIΛIΠΠOY, naked youth on horse to right, Θ(?) below. Cf. SNG ANS 926. 5.10gr, 18mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
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.
