LOT 2667
Kings of Thrace. Macedonian, Lysimachos AR Drachm. 305-281 BC.
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. Very Fine.(3.88gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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LOT 2667
Kings of Thrace. Macedonian, Lysimachos AR Drachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 104-76 BCE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Jerusalem mint. "Yehonatan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews" in paleo-Hebrew within wreath / Two cornucopias splayed outward, adorned with ribbons; pomegranate/poppy between. Hendin 6181; TJC P; Sofaer 274-313. 2.50gr, 14mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nabataea, Malichos I AE Dichalkon. 60-30 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Petra mint. Dated RY 27 or 28 (34/3 or 33/2 BC). Diademed head to right / Eagle standing to left; date across field. Cf. CN 13 and 18; cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 15; DCA 959; HGC 10, 684. 5.24gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Philistia (Palestine), Uncertain Mint AR Drachm. Mid 5th century-333 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Imitating Athens. Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring and Attic helmet adorned with olive leaves and pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig with berry in upper left field, all within shallow incuse square. Gitler & Tal IX.1D. 4.18gr, 12mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
