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LOT 2705
Judaea. Herodians, Herod I AE Two Prutot. Dated RY 3 (38/7 BCE). Mint in Samaria (Sebaste?).
Poppy on stalk / [ΒΑΣΙ]ΛΕΩΣ ΗΡΩ[ΔΟΥ], winged kerykeion; L Γ (date) to left, monogram to right. RPC I, 4903; Meshorer 46; Hendin 6206; HGC 10, 653. Fine.(2.45gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Judaea. Herodians, Herod I AE Two Prutot. 40-4 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Tripod table with flat object (vessel?) upon it; palm fronds flanking / [ΗPΩΔOΥ ΒΑCΙΛΕΩC], closed diadem with cross at centre. Hendin 6213; HGC 10, 654. 2.80gr, 18mm.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Indo-Scythians, Azes AR Drachm. Circa 58-12 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Azes on horseback to right, wearing cataphractus and holding whip aloft; Karosthi letter before horse / Zeus Nikephoros standing to left, holding transverse sceptre; monogram to left, Karoshthi letter to right. Cf. Senior 105.500D; HGC 12, 655. 2.00gr, 15mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Lockdales. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 275/4-272 BC. Alexandreia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £325
Diademed head to right, wearing aegis / ΠΤΟΛEΜΑΙOΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; monogram above Galatian shield to left, E between eagle's legs. CPE 283; Svoronos 567, pl.xiii, 9; SNG Copenhagen 107-8; BMC 7-9; Noeske -. 13.62gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
