LOT 2847
Kings of Commagene, Antiochos IV Epiphanes AE Oktachalkon. AD 38-72.
Samosata mint; struck circa AD 54-65. BAΣIΛΕYΣ MΕΓ-AΣ ANTIOXOΣ, diademed and draped bust of Antiochos IV to right / KOMMAΓ-HNΩN, scorpion within wreath; above, diadem. RPC I 3857; Kovacs 238 corr. (BAΣIΛΕYΣ not BAΣIΛΕΩΣ). Near Very Fine. Blue-green patina.(12.75gr, 27mm, 1h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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LOT 2847
Kings of Commagene, Antiochos IV Epiphanes AE Oktachalkon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 104-76 BCE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Jerusalem mint. "Yehonatan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews" in paleo-Hebrew within wreath / Two cornucopiae splayed outward, adorned with ribbons; pomegranate/poppy between. Hendin 6182; TJC R; Sofaer 355-369. 1.87gr, 14mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy IV Philopator AE Hemidrachm. 222-205/4 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Alexandria mint. Series 5. Horned head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing taenia / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; to left, filleted cornucopia; ΣE monogram between legs. CPE B505; Svoronos 993; SNG Copenhagen 212. 33.04gr, 35mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Dark green patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phoenicia. Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Galley to left, containing two hoplites with helmets and round shields; hippocamp to left below / Lion attacking bull to left. Cf. HGC 10, 139. 0.80gr, 10mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
