LOT 2745
Kingdom of Persis. Darev (Darios) II AR Hemidrachm. 1st century BC. Istakhr (Persepolis) mint.
Diademed bust to left, wearing tiara with ear flap and decorated with crescent / King standing to left, holding sceptre and sacrificing before altar. van't Haaff, Persis Type 565.2-2. Near Very Fine.(2.05gr, 13mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 103-76 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
'Yehonatan the King' in paleo-Hebrew between rays of eight-rayed star; all within diadem / [ΒΑΣ]ΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕ[ΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ], upright anchor. Hendin 6, 6189; Meshorer Group K; HGC 10, 637. 2.22gr, 15mm.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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. -
Sicily, Syracuse AE 21mm. Time of Hieron II, circa 275-265 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Wreathed head of Kore to left; ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ before, bucranium behind / Bull butting to left; club and M above, IE in exergue. CNS II, 191 (Ds18R1 / 1ff., combination of bucranium and M not listed); HGC 2, 1469. 6.11gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Very rare variety.
Ex cgb.fr. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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