LOT 2973
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. 37-43 CE.
Jerusalem mint. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). BACIΛЄ[ധC AΓPIΠA], 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. Very Fine.(2.66gr, 18mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Drachm. 323-317 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Sardeis mint; struck under Menander or Kleitos, circa 322-319 BC. In the types of Alexander III. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; to left, TI; beneath throne, torch. Price P96. 4.11gr, 17mm, 12h
Near Very Fine. Very Rare.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 19mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Petra mint; struck AD 20-40. Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; [H F?] in Aramaic across fields / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. 4.09gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Seleucid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AE 20mm. 121/0-97/6 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Antioch on the Orontes mint. Third reign at Antioch, 109-96 BC. Diademed head to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EΠIΦANOYΣ, filleted double cornucopiae; [monogram to outer left], pileus to inner left. SC 2313.1e; HGC 9, 1213. 8.21gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare variety with pileus as symbol.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
