LOT 3162
Judaea. Herodians, Herod III Antipas AE Unit. Dated RY 33 (AD 29/30). Tiberias mint.
HPധΔΟΥ TETPAPXOY, palm branch; L ΛΓ (date) across fields / TIBEPIAC in two lines within wreath. RPC I, 4922; Meshorer 5. Near Very Fine.(11.28gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Lucania, Metapontion AR Didrachm or Nomos. Circa 330-290 BC. Struck under the magistrates EY- (Eu-) and ΛY- (Ly-).
Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £667
Head of Demeter to right, wearing grain wreath, pendant earring and pearl necklace; ΕΥ beneath chin / ΜΕΤΑ, ear of barley with leaf to right; above leaf, sixteen-rayed star; in the lower field to left, ΛΥ. ANS 499 (same dies); Johnston C.8.12 (same dies). 7.77gr, 21mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine. Attractive toning with iridescence in fields. Well-centered.
Property of a late collector. Ex Vinchon, 11 April 1988, 185. Ex Münzen und Medaillen FPL 342, February 1973, 6. -
Macedon, Akanthos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 525-470 BC.
Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,500
Attic standard. Lion attacking to right, biting into the hindquarter of bull kneeling to left and biting the leg of the lion; Θ above, three ground lines below, the middle composed of pellets; stylised acanthus flower ιn exergue / Quadripartite incuse square. Desneux 59 (D57)(?); AMNG III/2, 5; HGC 3, 383. 17.19gr, 27mm.
Near Extremely Fine. Nicely toned with golden iridescence around the devices on obverse.
From collection of Dr G.W., Germany. Ex Gorny & Mosch, Auction 37, 13 May 1987. -
Thessaly, Thessalian League AR Drachm. Mid-late 2nd century BC. ΠΟΛΥ- (Poly-), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Helmeted head of Athena to right; monogram of ΝΟΔ behind / ΘΕΣ-ΣΑΛΩΝ, horse prancing to right; monogram of ΠΟΛΥ below. BCD Thessaly II 815; HGC 4, 212. 4.22gr, 18mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
