LOT 3300
Judaea, Uncertain Ruler AE Prutah. 1st century BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Legend in Paleo-Hebrew within wreath / Splayed double cornucopiae with pomegranate/poppy between the horns. Near Very Fine.(2.05gr, 14mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Mysia, Kyzikos AR Obol. Circa 450-400 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Forepart of boar to left; to right, tunny downward / Head of roaring lion to left; retrograde K to upper left; all within incuse square. Von Fritze II 15; SNG BN 380-4. 0.80gr, 11mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Cilicia, Kelenderis AE 22mm. 2nd-1st centuries BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Turreted and veiled bust of Tyche to right; c/m: crested helmet to right, K-O flanking; all within circular incuse / ΚΕΛΕΝΔΕΡΙΤΩΝ, Apollo standing to left, holding branch tied with fillets, leaning on column upon which sits a tripod; ΜΩ(?) vertical to right. SNG BnF -; cf. SNG Levante Supp. 130. 5.70gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare and unusual type for Kelenderis.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Obodas II, with Hagaru I AR Sela'-Drachm. Dated RY 11 (20/19 BC). Petra mint.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
'BDT MLKA' in Nabataean to right, diademed and draped bust of Obodas to right; 'ŠNT' and date 11 in Nabataean to left / Jugate diademed and draped busts of Obodas and Hagaru to right. CN 50 var. (Nabataean Ḥ in field on reverse); Meshorer, Nabataea -; DCA2 1015. 4.57gr, 18mm, 10h.
Very Fine. Struck with worn dies, large lamination on reverse.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 565, 3 July 2024, lot 255.
