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LOT 2708
Judaea. Herodians, Herod I AE Two Prutot. 40-4 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Tripod table with flat object (vessel?) upon it; palm fronds flanking / [ΗPΩΔOΥ ΒΑCΙΛΕΩC], closed diadem with cross at centre. Hendin 6213; HGC 10, 654. Good Fine.(2.80gr, 18mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Kingdom of Macedon, Time of Alexander III to Philip III AR Tetradrachm. Circa 324/3-320 BC. Arados mint. Struck under Menes or Laomedon in the name and types of Alexander III.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; Σ in left field, monogram of AP (civic) beneath throne. Price 3316; Duyrat Group IV, Series 4. 17.01gr, 29mm, 8h.
Extremely Fine. A well-centred example struck on a large flan.
Acquired from Baldwins, UK. Property of a Kent lady. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Xerxes I to Darios II AR Siglos. Circa 485-420 BC. Sardes mint. Lydo-Milesian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
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 A/B (pl. XII); BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 17; Sunrise 25. 5.48gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AR Tetradrachm 359-336 B.C. Amphipolis mint. Posthumous issue. Struck under Kassander, circa 316-314 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΦΙΛΙΠ-ΠOΥ, nude youth, holding palm frond, on horseback to right; aplustre below, pellet-in-Π beneath raised foreleg. Le Rider pl. 46, 18; Troxell, Studies, Group 9, 323-5; SNG ANS 738-46. Slab: 62 grams, 85 x 60mm
NGC graded AU Strike: 4/5 Surface: 4/5 Fine Style (#8221307-001).
Acquired on the UK art market. Ex County Durham collector. Ex private collection, UK.
