LOT 2669
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AR Tetradrachm. 359-336 BC.
Pella mint; struck circa 323-315 BC. Posthumous Issue. Laureate head of Zeus to left / ΦIΛIΠ-ΠOY, horseman riding to right, holding palm branch and bridle; beneath horse's foreleg, Θ. SNG ANS 430; SNG Alpha Bank 275; Le Rider 439. Near Very Fine. Very rare left-facing issue.(13.75gr, 25mm, 7h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection of a North London lady before 2000.
Property of a London gentleman.
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Judaea. First Jewish War AE Prutah. 66-70 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Jerusalem mint. Dated year 3 (68/9 CE). 'Year three' in Paleo-Hebrew, amphora with broad rim, two handles and a lid / 'The freedom of Zion' in Paleo-Hebrew; vine leaf on small branch with tendril. TJC 204; Sofaer 31-35; Hendin GBC 6, 6392; Hendin GBC 5, 1363. 2.48gr, 16mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaeus (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 103-76 BCE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Jerusalem mint. Splayed double cornucopiae with pomegranate/poppy between the horns / 'Yehonatan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews' (in Paleo-Hebrew) in four lines within wreath. Cf. Hendin GBC 6, 6180; HGC 10, 639. 1.97gr, 13mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy III Euergetes AE Diobol. 246-222 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Tyre mint. Horned head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing tainia with basileion / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with wings closed standing to left on thunderbolt; club to left. CPE B467; Svoronos 707; SNG Copenhagen -. 21.14gr, 30mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
