LOT 3103
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AR Drachm. Struck under Philoxenos, circa 325-323 BC. Miletos mint.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, legs spread, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings, monogram of ΔΗ in left field. Price 2090; ADM I Series I. Very Fine.(4.21gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 2000s.
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Judaea, Uncertain Ruler AE Prutah. 1st century BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Legend in Paleo-Hebrew within wreath / Splayed double cornucopiae with pomegranate/poppy between the horns. Cf. Sofaer 30-64 (John Hyrcanus I). 3.47gr, 17mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Herodians, Herod II Archelaus AE Half Prutah. 4 BCE-6 CE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Prow to left; H-P-ധ anticlockwise around / ЄΘN within wreath. RPC I 4916; TJC 72; Hendin 1197. 1.72gr, 14mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nabataea, Malichos I AE 25mm. Circa 59/8-30 BC. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Diademed head to right / Filletted cornucopia. HGC 10, 683. 12.05gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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