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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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Xerxes I to Darius II AR Siglos. Circa 485-420 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (early), style B. 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, Groups A/B (pl. XIII, 31). 5.56gr, 16mm.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Arabia, Mleiha. Imitative Abi'el BI Tetradrachm. Circa 1st century BC-2nd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
In the types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress; dot on cheek / Figure seated to left, holding sceptre and horse in outstretched hand; 'b'l in Aramaic to right, palm tree before, trident-like symbol in inner left field, pellets behind, above and beneath strut of throne. Cf. Huth 130-5; HGC 10, 689. 16.36gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
Calabria, Tarentum AR Drachm. Circa 280-272 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
ΣΩ- (So-), magistrate. Head of Athena to left, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with Skylla hurling rock / ΤΑΡΑΝΤΙΝΩΝ, owl standing facing on thunderbolt, with wings open; ΣΩ upwards to right. Vlasto 1068; HN Italy 1018. 3.05gr, 16mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
