LOT 3020
Kingdom of Macedon, Kassander AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 310-307 BC. Amphipolis mint. In the name and types of Alexander III.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, legs spread, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; in left field, Λ above boukranion; monogram of ΗΓ beneath throne. Price 430; Ehrhardt 19. Very Fine.(17.12gr, 24mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceEx inventory of a Bavarian merchant.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 73, 23 July 2020, lot 265.
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Judaea, John Hyrcanus I(?) AE Prutah. 135-104 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Two cornucopiae splayed outward, adorned with ribbons; pomegranate/poppy between / 'Yehohanan the High Priest and head of the Council of the Jews' in paleo-Hebrew within wreath. Cf. Hendin 6172; cf. TJC B; cf. Sofaer 30-64. 2.01gr, 14mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kushan Rulers of Baktria, Kanishka CU Tetradrachm. c. AD 127-151.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΒΑCIΛЄΥC BACIΛEWN KANHÞAOKOV, king standing facing, sacrificing over altar to left / OAΔO, Oado with raised arms running left. Göbl 783; ANS 540-545; AWC 3108-3110. 17.84gr, 6mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £293
BACIΛЄധC AΓPIΠA, canopy / Three ears of corn; L Ϛ (date) across fields. RPC I, 4981; TJC 120; Hendin GBC 6, 6274; Hendin GBC 5, 1244; Sofaer 153-6. 3.04gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
