LOT 2941
Lesbos, Mytilene AE 19mm. 3rd-2nd centuries BC.
Head of Zeus to right, with horn of Ammon / Facing herm of Dionysos on prow to right; M-Y T-I in two lines across fields, grape bunch to left, aplustre to right. BMC 132-3; HGC 6, 1048. Near Very Fine.(5.91gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the E.E. Clain-Stefanelli collection.
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Judaea, Herod I AE Prutah. 40-4 BCE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Jerusalem mint. [...]Λ-Є[...], small diadem with cross / Tripod table within dotted circle. Hendin 6212; TJC 51; RPC I 4906. 1.45gr, 14mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 15mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Petra mint. Undated, but attributed to years AD 26-48. Aretas, in military attire, standing facing, head to left, holding spear and sword; Aramaic ligate letters to top right, palm frond to left / Shaqilat, veiled, standing to left, raising hand; 'Shaqilat' in Aramaic to right, wreath to left. CN 187a; cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 69. 2.75gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Euboia, Histaia AR Tetrobol. Circa 350-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Wreathed head of the nymph Histiaia to right, hair in sphendone / ΙΣΤΙ-ΑΙΕΩΝ, nymph seated to right on prow of galley; wing on prow. BCD Euboia 372; HGC 4, 1524. 1.95gr, 12mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
