LOT 2787
Judaea. Herodians, Herod I AE Prutah. 40-4 BCE.
Mint in Samaria (Sebaste?). Dated RY 3 (38/7 BCE). Palm branch; leaf to left and right / ΗΡΩΔ[ΟΥ ΒΑΣΙ]ΛЄΩΣ, aphlaston; L Γ (date) to left, monogram to right. TJC 47; Hendin GBC 6, 6207; Hendin GBC 5, 1172; RPC I 4904; HGC 10, 655; DCA 807. Very Fine.(1.34gr, 14mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 18mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Petra mint; struck AD 20-40. Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; [H]-F in Aramaic across fields / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. 4.29gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Western Asia Minor, uncertain mint (in Karia?) AR Hemiobol. Circa 5th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Head of bull or cow to left / Rough incuse square. Apparently unpublished: cf. Roma E-95, 253; cf. CNG E-170, 990 (Karia, Obol). 0.28gr, 6mm.
Very Fine.
Swiss private collection, acquired in 1992. -
Skythia, Olbia Cast AE Dolphin. Circa 437-410 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
ΘV on flat surface / Dolphin. Anokhin 180; HGC 3, 1879. 1.47gr, 25mm x 9mm.
Very Fine.
Acquired Munich, Germany, in the early 1990s. From a private German collection. Property of a Kent, UK, lady collector since 2015.
The method of casting this unique type of coin was adopted by the Gallic Celts who originally came from this region. Dolphins were generally struck in the form of a tree attached to the tail, although some examples appear to have been cast individually.
