LOT 2643
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos, as Strategos of Asia AR Tetradrachm. Dated RY 36 of 'Ozmilk (314/3 BC). Tyre mint. In the name and types of Alexander III. Struck under Menes.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝ[ΔΡΟΥ], Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; -|O (Phoenician 'K [= 'Ozmilk]) and ||| ||| – = (date [36 in Phoenician]) in left field. Price 3292 (Ake); DCA2 938. Near Very Fine. Corroded.(15.35gr, 27mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 2643
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos, as Strategos of Asia AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
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Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 103-76 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
'Yehonatan the King' in paleo-Hebrew between rays of eight-rayed star; all within diadem / BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛE[ΞANΔPOY], anchor. Hendin 6189; Meshorer Group K; HGC 10, 637. 2.70gr, 16mm.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 17mm. Struck circa AD 17/8-39/40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Shaqilat, veiled and wearing Isis-headdress, standing to left, raising hand, wreath in left field, 'Shuqailat' in Nabataean in three lines in right field / Aretas in military dress, standing to left, holding spear and scabbard; palm branch to left, het in Nabataean in upper right field. Meshorer, Nabataea 97; CN Type 187d. 2.33gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Drachm. Late 5th-4th centuries BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Gorgoneion facing, with protruding tongue and snakes as hair / Upright anchor; in field to right, crayfish. SNG Copenhagen 453; SNG BM Black Sea 157 var. (no 'A'); HGC 3.2, 1323 var. (same). 3.28gr, 13mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
