LOT 3289
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Mattathias Antigonos (Mattatayah) AE Prutah. 40-37 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Splayed double cornucopiae with barley ear between the horns / 'Mattityah' (in Paleo-Hebrew) within wreath. Hendin GBC 6, 6199; Hendin GBC 5, 1164; TJC 40; Sofaer 438-445. Good Fine.(1.87gr, 12mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3289
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Mattathias Antigonos (Mattatayah) AE Prutah.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Phoenicia. Byblos, 'Aynel (Enylos) AR 1/16 Shekel. Circa 350-326 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Galley to left, containing two hoplites with helmets and round shields; hippocamp to left below / Lion attacking bull to left. E&E-B Group IV.4.2; HGC 10, 139. 0.65gr, 10mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Ionia, Magnesia ad Maeandrum AR Hemidrachm. Circa 350-325 BC. ΑΝΑΞΙΜΒΡΟΤΟΣ (Anaximbrotos), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Helmetted warrior, in military attire and holding lance in his right hand, on horseback to right / ΜΑΓ, bull butting to left on meander pattern; [to right, corn ear?], [Α]ΝΑΞΙΜΒΡ[...] below. Cf. Klein 409; cf. SNG Kayhan I 415. 1.53gr, 12mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Sicily, Syracuse AR 8 Litrai. Time of Gelon II, circa 218-214 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Diademed head of Gelon to left / Slow quadriga driven to right by Nike; [ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΟΙ] and [BA] above reins, MI before horses, ΓΕΛΩΝΟΣ in exergue. SNG ANS 895. 6.17gr, 20mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine. Light cabinet tone.
Ex 'collection in Ticino, formed over 20 years ago'. Privately purchased from Nomos AG, inventory # 20413. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 57, 30 May 2019, lot 165. Property of a London antiquarian.
