LOT 3168
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). Jerusalem mint.
BACI[ΛЄധC AΓ]PIΠA, 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.(1.90gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AR Drachm. Struck under Lysimachos, circa 301/0-300/299 BC. Magnesia ad Maeandrum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; in field to left, lion head to left above E; beneath throne, monogram of AP. Price 1993; Thompson 93 corr. (lion forepart). 3.96gr, 18m, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm. Struck circa 310-301 BC. Lampsakos mint. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟ[Υ], Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; forepart of Pegasos to left; monogram of ΠΡ beneath throne. Price 1393; ADM II Series XVIII. 3.70gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Kushan Rulers of Baktria, Wima Kadphises CU Tetradrachm. c. AD 113-127.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΒΑCIΛЄΥC BACIΛEWN CWTHP MEΓAC OOHMO KAΔΦΙCHC, king standing facing, sacrificing over altar to left / Kharoshthi script: 'Maharajasa Rajadirajasa Sarvaloga Isvarasa Mahisvarasa Vima Kathphishasa Tratara', Oesho standing facing, holding trident and leaning against a bull. Göbl 762; ANS 274-299; AWC 3033-5. 17.08gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
