LOT 3292
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). Jerusalem mint.
BACIΛЄധC 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.(2.70gr, 17mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Spain, Secaisa AE Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Male head right, dolphin in front and behind / Horseman right, holding spear, Iberic SECaISA legend below. Vill 236.40; Burgos 2131 (text); Calico 1124-26. 8.39gr, 23mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Bold dolphins, great rider, gorgeous green patina.
Ex Chris Rudd, 130, lot 2, ref. no.16576. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
Celtiberian Secaisa was in the region of Aragon, northern Spain. -
Judaea. First Jewish War AE Prutah. Dated year 3 (68/9 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
'Year three' in Paleo-Hebrew, amphora with broad rim, two handles and a lid / 'The freedom of Zion' in Paleo-Hebrew; vine leaf on small branch with tendril. TJC 204; Sofaer 31-35; Hendin GBC 6, 6392; Hendin GBC 5, 1363. 2.64gr, 16mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
South Arabia, Himyar AR Unit. 2nd-3rd century AD. 'Bucranium Series'.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Diademed male head to left; curved symbol of Almaqah to left, symbol of Athtar to right; disc-crescent of Dhat-Hamim above; 'ayin' letter below / Head of antelope facing; monogram to left, curved symbol of Almaqah to right; disc-crescent of Dhat-Hamim above. Cf. Huth 309. 2.13gr, 16mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Private Collection, acquired 1980–1985.
