LOT 2971
Judaea. Herodians, Herod II Archelaos AE Prutah. 4 BCE-CE 6.
Jerusalem mint. HPѠΔOY, bunch of grapes and vine leaf on stem / ЄΘNAPXO, crested helmet; caduceus in left field. RPC I, 4917; TJC 73; Hendin 1196. Near Very Fine.(2.59gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Group of Five [5] Thrace, Byzantion AE Coins. Circa 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Various varieties. 44.85gr total.
Near Very Fine to Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Group of Three [3] AR Drachmai of Parion, Mysia. 5th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Facing gorgoneion / Quadripartite incuse square. 12.35gr total.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 450-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (late). 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; countermark: unlisted (cf. 42). Carradice Type IIIb. 5.49gr, 15mm.
Good Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii.
