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LOT 2785
Judaea. Herodians, Herod I AE Eight Prutot. 40-4 BCE.
Mint in Samaria (Sebaste?). Dated RY 3 (38/7 BCE). Pileus on couch topped by star; two palm branches above / HPΩΔOY BAΣIΛΕΩΣ, tripod; L Γ (date) to left, monogram of TP to right. RPC I, 4901; Meshorer 44; Hendin 1169. Near Very Fine.(8.74gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Phoenicia, Sidon AE 22mm. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £31
Uncertain date. Jugate busts of Tyche, veiled and turreted, and Zeus to right; monogram to left / ΣΙΔΩΝΟΣ ΘΕΑΣ, Phoenician galley to left; [date] above. HGC 10, 283. 6.78gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Bithynia, Kalchedon AR Stater. Circa 367-340 BC.
Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Rhodian standard. Bull standing to left on grain ear right; KAΛX above, BA monogram to left / Quadripartite incuse square with stippled surface. SNG von Aulock 486. 14.72gr, 21mm.
Near Very Fine.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Xerxes I to Darius II AR Siglos. Circa 485-420 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (early), style B. 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, Groups A/B (pl. XIII, 31). 5.43gr, 14mm.
Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
