LOT 3297
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). Jerusalem mint.
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. Near Very Fine.(2.54gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Phoenicia. Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £15
Galley to left, containing two hoplites with helmets and round shields; hippocamp to left below / Lion attacking bull to left. Cf. HGC 10, 139. 0.74gr, 12mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
South Arabia. Himyar AR Unit. Circa AD 100-120.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head to right within dotted circle interrupted by monogram to left / Small head to right; 'sceptre' to right. Cf. SNG ANS 1602-1609. 0.64gr, 11mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Troas, Larissa-Ptolemais AE 21mm. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Bearded male head to right / ΛΑΡΙΣΑΙ, amphora; grain ear to right. BMC 1 (Larissa Phrikonis in Aeolis); Robert L., Études de numismatique grecque, pl. 4, 6-7. 8.67gr, 21mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
