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LOT 3163
Judaea. Herodians, Herod III Antipas AE Unit. Dated RY 37 (AD 33/4). Tiberias mint.
HPധΔ[ΟΥ TETPAPX]OY, palm branch; L ΛZ (date) across fields / TIBEPIAC within wreath. RPC I, 4930; Meshorer 87; Hendin 1211. Near Very Fine.(14.23gr, 24mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Kings of Parthia, Mithradates I AR Tetradrachm. Dated SE 173 (140/139 BC). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint.
Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
Diademed and draped bust of Mithradates I to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ME-ΓAΛOY APΣA-KOY ΦIΛEΛ-ΛHNOΣ, Herakles standing to left, holding skyphos in his right hand and club and lion skin in his left; monogram of APT in outer left field; Γ[ΟΡ] (date) in exergue. Sellwood 13.3; Shore 36; Sunrise 261. 15.57gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Minor deposits. Rare.
Swiss private collection, acquired in 1992. -
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (AD 41/2). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Three ears of corn; L Ϛ (date) across fields / [BACIΛЄധC] AΓPIΠA, canopy. RPC I, 4981; TJC 120; Hendin GBC 6, 6274; Hendin GBC 5, 1244; Sofaer 153-6. 0.71gr, 17mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine. Reverse slightly off-centre.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ionia, Phokaia AR Diobol. Circa 521-478 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
Head of nymph to left, wearing sakkos / Quadripartite incuse square. Klein 452; SNG Copenhagen 389-394 (as uncertain mint); SNG Kayhan 522. 1.26gr, 10mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine. Well-centred; one of the most beautiful specimens and with attractive old cabinet toning.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
