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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Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AR Tetradrachm. 359-336 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Pella mint; struck circa 323-315 BC. Posthumous Issue. Laureate head of Zeus to left / ΦIΛIΠ-ΠOY, horseman riding to right, holding palm branch and bridle; beneath horse's foreleg, Θ. SNG ANS 430; SNG Alpha Bank 275; Le Rider 439. 13.75gr, 25mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare left-facing issue.
Private collection of a North London lady before 2000. Property of a London gentleman. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 21mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Petra mint. Uncertain date. Diademed head of Aretas to right; [Aramaic letters across field] / Woman (Huldu?) standing facing, head to left, raising hand; Aramaic letters across field. Cf. Hoover & Barkay 49. 5.76gr, 21mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AE Half Unit. 336-323 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Uncertain mint in Macedon. Head of male to right, wearing tainia / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, horse prancing to right; HP monogram below. Price 369. 4.68gr, 17mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 12, 1 November 2014, lot 847.
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