LOT 3298
Judaea. Herodians, Herod I AE 2 Prutot. 40-4 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
ΗPΩΔOΥ ΒΑ[CΙΛΕΩC], closed diadem with cross at centre / Tripod table with flat object (vessel?) upon it; palm fronds flanking. Hendin 6213. Near Very Fine.(1.99gr, 19mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Lydia, Sardes AE 18mm. 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Head of Dionysos to right, wearing wreath of ivy / ΣAPΔIANΩN, forepart of lion to right, monogram of ΠΑΤΟ behind. GPRC Lydia 184; SNG von Aulock 8255. 3.40gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Kings of Bithynia, Nikomedes IV Philopator AR Tetradrachm. Dated 207 BE (91/0 BC). Nikomedeia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Diademed head to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΟΥ, Zeus standing to left, holding long sceptre with left hand and wreath with right; to inner left, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt above monogram of MHN and ZΣ (date). Callataÿ p. 62 (dies D173/R9); Dewing 2160 (same dies); Hermitage Sale II, lot 1133 (same dies); DCA2 499; HGC 7, 646 (92/1 BC). 16,72gr, 33mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Toned, struck with worn obverse die.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Islands off Ionia, Chios AE 13mm. 84-30 BC. ΑΡΙΣΤΟΚΛΗΣ (Aristokles), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Sphinx seated to right; raised foreleg on prow / Pointed amphora, ΑΡΙΣΤΟ-ΚΛΗΣ to right, XIOΣ to left. SNG Copenhagen 1631. 1.93gr, 13mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
