LOT 2968
Judaea, Herodians. Herod II Archelaus AE Prutah. 4 BCE-6 CE.
Jerusalem mint. [EΘNAPΧOY], crested helmet with cheek straps / [HPധΔOY], bunch of grapes on vine with small leaf on left. RPC I 4917; TJC 73; Hendin GBC 6, 6227; Hendin GBC 5, 1196. Very Fine.(2.31gr, 17mm, 11h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Mysia, Pergamon AE 12mm. Circa AD 40-60.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Pseudo-autonomous issue. ΘEON CYNKΛHTON, draped bust of Senate to right / ΘEAN PΩMHN, turreted and draped bust of Roma to right; monogram before. RPC I, 2374 var. (no monogram); BMC 217; Von Aulock 1386. 2.60gr, 12mm, 12h
Very Fine.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat, AE 17mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Petra mint. Aretas in military dress, standing to left, holding spear and scabbard; palm branch to left, ḥēth in Aramaic in upper right field / Shuqailat, veiled and wearing Isis-headdress, standing to left, raising hand, wreath in left field, 'Shuqailat' in Aramaic in two lines in right field. Meshorer, Nabataea 97; CN Type 187a. 2.60gr, 17mm, 11h
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Mysia, Pergamon AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. 166-67 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Struck circa 123-95 BC. Group 2. Basket (cista mystica), with half-open lid, from which snake coils, around, ivy wreath with fruits / Two snakes coiled around a bow case ornamented with aplustre, and containing a strung bow, between the snake heads, MIH monogram, civic monogram of ΠΕΡ to left, serpent-entwined staff to right. Kleiner, Hoard 184 = ANS 1944.100.37470; Pinder 103. 12.59gr, 26mm, 2h
Very Fine. Extremely rare variant; seemingly the first to be offered at auction for over twenty years.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
