LOT 2689
Judaea, Herod I AE Prutah. 40-4 BCE.
Illegible inscription around small diadem with cross / Tripod table within dotted circle. HGC 10, 658. Near Very Fine.(1.45gr, 14mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Sicily, Syracuse AV 25 Litrai or Sixth Stater. Time of Agathokles, 317-289 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,950
Struck circa 295-289 BC. Head of Persephone to left, wearing wreath of grain ears / Bull walking to left, ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ around. Bérend, l’or pl. 9, 14; SNG ANS 707; SNG Lloyd 1475; SNG Copenhagen 752; HGC 2, 1288. 1.41gr, 10mm, 9h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction 3, 31 March 2012, lot 87. -
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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 450-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (late). 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; countermarks: 22 & 41. Carradice Type IIIb; BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 16. 5.63gr, 15mm.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii. -
Sikyonia, Sikyon AR Triobol or Hemidrachm. Circa 100-60 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΔΑΣ (Olympiadas), magistrate. Reduced standard. Dove flying to right / Large Σ; ΟΛΥΜ-ΠΙ-Α-ΔΑΣ in three lines across fields; all within incuse square. BCD Peloponnesos 344.1; HGC 5, 217. 1.88gr, 14mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
