LOT 3134
Kings of Bosporos, Thothorses BI Stater. Dated BE 588 (AD 291/2).
BACIΛЄധC ⵙOⵙ[ധPCOV], diademed bust to right / Laurate bust to right, tamgha of Thothorses in right field, ΗΠΦ (date) below. RPC X Unassigned ID 85422; MacDonald 640/2 (ΦΠH). Very Fine.(7.89gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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Campania, Phistelia AR Obol. Circa 325-275 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Male head facing slightly to right / Dolphin to right above barley grain and mussel shell; ethnic in Oscan below. Rutter p. 180, Ia; Sambon 831-8; HN Italy 613; SNG ANS 567-578; SNG Copenhagen 576; SNG BnF 1117-1128; HGC 1, 502. 0.61gr, 10mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
[BACIΛЄധ]C 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. 2.75gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kingdom of Persis. Ardaxsir (Artaxerxes) II AR Hemidrachm. 2nd half of 1st century BC. Istakhr (Persepolis) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Small bust to left, wearing short beard, diadem, and mural crown; monogram behind / Artaxerxes standing to left, holding sceptre and sacrificing before altar to left. van't Haaff, Persis, Type 571/574.1-1 var. (no monogram). 1.48gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
