LOT 2692
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I Æ Prutah. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE).
Jerusalem mint. BACIΛЄWC 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.(2.90gr, 17mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Sicily, Katane ΑΕ 25mm. Circa 210-200 BC.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Janiform head of Serapis wearing kalathos, monograms flanking / [ΚΑΤΑ]-ΝΑΙ-Ω[Ν], Demeter standing to left, holding grain ears and torch. CNS III, 14; HGC 2, 619. 9.42gr, 26mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex West Country, UK, collection. -
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos IV Philopator AR Tetradrachm. 187-175 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £943
Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣΕΛ-ΕΥΚΟΥ, Apollo Delphios, nude but for chlamys draped from his waist, wearing laurel wreath and seated on omphalos to left, testing arrow with his right hand and resting his left on a bow leaning against the omphalos behind him; filleted palm frond to outer left. SC 1313.6a; HGC 9, 582d. 17.17gr, 29mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From a private collection in Europe. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VI Philometor AR Didrachm. Second sole reign, 163-145 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Uncertain mint in Cyprus. Dated year 101 of an uncertain era (162/1 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, aegis around neck / [Β]ΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ [ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ], eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; PA (date) between legs. Svoronos 1209; Olivier 2998-3007 (obv. die D2); SNG Copenhagen 550 (same obv. die); DCA 76. 6.19gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 560, 17 April 2024, lot 289.
