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. -
Judaea. First Jewish War AE Prutah. Dated Year 2 (67/8 CE).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Jerusalem mint. 'Year two' in Paleo-Hebrew, amphora with broad rim and two handles / 'The freedom of Zion' in Paleo-Hebrew; vine leaf on small branch with tendril. TJC 196a; Sofaer 11-4; Hendin GBC 6, 6389; Hendin GBC 5, 1360. 3.15gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kings of Thrace. Macedonian, Lysimachos AR Drachm. 305-281 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Kolophon mint. Struck circa 301/0-300/299 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; in left field, forepart of lion left above crescent; pentagram beneath throne. Price 1842; Thompson 120; HGC 3, 1751d. 3.88gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
