LOT 3160
Judaea. Herodians, Herod II Archelaus AE Half Prutah. 4 BCE-6 CE. Jerusalem mint.
Prow to left; [H-P]-ധ anticlockwise around / Є[ΘN] within wreath. RPC I, 4916; TJC 72; Hendin 1197. Near Very Fine.(1.12gr, 16mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 353-294 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring, pearl necklace and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig and crescent moon in upper left field. HGC 4, 1599. 17.01gr, 24mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Porous surface on obverse.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Pontus, Amisos, AE 22mm. c.85-65 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Bust of Amazon right, wearing wolf's scalp / AMI-ΣΟΥ, Nike walking right, holding wreath in right hand, palm over left shoulder. SNG BMC Black Sea 1218-1219; SNG Stancomb 704; SNG Copenhagen 165; SNG von Aulock 66; Waddington Recueil p.56, 38. 8.29gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
North Africa, Carthage AE 18mm. Circa 300-264 BC. Sardinian(?) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Wreathed head of Tanit to left; three pellets(?) behind / Head of horse to right; palm tree before. Cf. CNP 252ad; cf. MAA 57p (Carthage). 2.93gr, 18mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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