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LOT 2647
Kingdom of Macedon, Perseus AE Unit. 179-168 BC. Uncertain Macedonian mint.
Head of hero Perseus to right, wearing winged Phrygian helmet, harpa before / B-A, eagle with wings spread standing facing on thunderbolt, head to right; monogram of ΠEP to right. HGC 3.1, 1099. Near Very Fine.(6.58gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Herodians, Herod I AE Two Prutot. 40-4 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Tripod table with flat object (vessel?) upon it; palm fronds flanking / [ΗPΩΔOΥ ΒΑCΙΛΕΩC], closed diadem with cross at centre. Hendin 6213; HGC 10, 654. 2.80gr, 18mm.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleukid Empire, Demetrios II Nikator AE 17mm. Second reign, 129-126/5 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Laureate and bearded head of Zeus to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath in right hand and palm branch in left. HGC 9, 1133. 4.79gr, 17mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
