LOT 2902
Macedon, Skione AE 20mm. Circa 400-350 BC.
Diademed male head to right / ΣΚΙΩΝΑΙ, Corinthian helmet to right; kantharos(?) before. Cf. SNG ANS 716. Near Very Fine.(6.62gr, 20mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Caria, Knidos AE 19mm. Circa 200-130 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΠΑΝΤΑΛΕΩΝ (Pantaleon), magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΠΑ[ΝΤΑΛΕΩΝ] ΚΝΙΔ[ΙΩΝ], forepart of bull to left, head turned facing. Cf. HN online 732; cf. SNG Keckman 217. 4.24gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Mysia, Pergamon AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. 166-67 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Struck circa 123-95 BC. Group 2. Basket (cista mystica), with half-open lid, from which snake coils, around, ivy wreath with fruits / Two snakes coiled around a bow case ornamented with aplustre, and containing a strung bow, between the snake heads, MIH monogram, civic monogram of ΠΕΡ to left, serpent-entwined staff to right. Kleiner, Hoard 184 = ANS 1944.100.37470; Pinder 103. 12.59gr, 26mm, 2h.
Very Fine. Very rare variant.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea. First Jewish War AE Prutah. 66-70 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Jerusalem mint. Dated year 3 (68/9 CE). 'Year three' in Paleo-Hebrew, amphora with broad rim, two handles and a lid / 'The freedom of Zion' in Paleo-Hebrew; vine leaf on small branch with tendril. TJC 204; Sofaer 31-35; Hendin GBC 6, 6392; Hendin GBC 5, 1363. 2.26gr, 16mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
