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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, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm. Struck circa 310-301 BC. Teos mint. In the name and types of Alexander III.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟ[Υ], Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; monogram of ΔΗ in left field and monogram of ΠΡ beneath throne. Price 2290. 4.30gr, 17mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine. Lustrous metal. Slightly double struck of reverse.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Thrace, Chersonesos AR Hemidrachm. Circa 386-338 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Forepart of lion to right, head reverted to left / Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; AΓ monogram and grain ear in opposite sunken quarters. McClean 4089; HGC 3.2, 1437. 2.12gr, 14mm.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Judaea. Hasmoneans, John Hyrkanos I (Yehohanan) AE 12mm. 135-104 BC. Jerusalem mint. In the name of Seleukid king Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Crested helmet to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, aphlaston. Meshorer p. 30; Hendin 6166; SC 2122; HGC 9, 1111. 1.91gr, 12mm,12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
