LOT 3220
Middle or Southern Levantine Uncertain AR Drachm. 5th-4th century BC.
Two confronted heads; male on left, female on right / Persian king or hero standing to left, slaying lion standing to right on hind legs; all within linear border within incuse square. Cf. Meshorer & Qedar, Samarian, no 35 (obol). Near Very Fine. Test cut.(2.61gr, 15mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Three ears of corn; L Ϛ (date) across fields / BACIΛЄധ[C AΓPIΠA], canopy. RPC I, 4981; TJC 120; Hendin GBC 6, 6274; Hendin GBC 5, 1244; Sofaer 153-6. 2.55gr, 18mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hindu Shahis Kings of Kabul, Samanta Deva AR Jital. c. AD 850-1000.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Traces of Greek legend around horseman with spear riding right / Brahmi legend around humped bull seated left. ACW 1575-1588. 3.35gr, 19mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos IV Philopator AE Serrate. 175-164 BC. Antioch on the Orantes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Laureate head of Apollo to right; monogram of AB behind / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ, Apollo standing to left, leaning on tripod and testing arrow; monogram of AB above monogram of MT in inner left field. SC 1315.7f; SNG Spaer 856; HGC 9, 584. 9.95gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
