LOT 3290
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). Jerusalem mint.
BAC[IΛЄധC 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.(2.40gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Thrace, Chersonesos AR Hemidrachm. Circa 357-320 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Forepart of lion to right, head reverted / Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; in two sunken quarters: pellet and monogram, pellet. McClean -; HGC 3.2, 1437. 1.92gr, 14mm.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unique variant.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 450-375 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (late).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Lydo-Milesian standard. 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. Carradice Type IIIb. 5.50gr, 17mm.
Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Islands off Thrace, Thasos AR Trihemiobol or 1/8 Stater. Circa 411-340 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Bald satyr kneeling to left, holding kantharos in his right hand and resting his left on his hip / ΘΑΣ-ΙΩΝ, volute krater with tall handles. Le Rider, Thasiennes 27; HGC 6, 352. 0.87gr, 12mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
