LOT 2884
Lucania, Herakleia AE 14mm. Circa 281-278 BC.
Draped bust of Athena facing three-quarters to right, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet; on her left shoulder, shield / ՒHPA-KΛEIΩN, trophy. SNG Copenhagen 1137; HN Italy 1436. Very Fine.(2.75gr, 14mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Pontos, Amisos AE 22mm. Circa 95-90 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Laureate head of Zeus to right / AMIΣΟΥ, eagle standing to left, head to right, on thunderbolt; monogram to left. Malloy 14b; HGC 7, 245. 7.16gr, 22mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Western Asia Minor, uncertain mint (Kyme?) AR Fraction. Circa 5th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Head of horse to right, neck ending in beaded truncation / Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. SNG Kayhan 745 (head to left; uncertain Ionian or Karian mint); cf. Klein 332 (Kyme, Aeolis); cf. Tzamalis 88 (cruder style; Thraco-Macedonian mint); CNG e466, 120; Roma e88, 398. 0.54g, 8mm.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. 37-43 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Jerusalem mint. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). BACIΛЄ[ധC 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. 2.66gr, 18mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
