LOT 3145
Mysia, Kyzikos AR Hemiobol. Circa 530-500 BC.
Dolphin over tunny fish swimming to left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze, Nomisma IX -; BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Tübingen -; SNG ΒnF -. Near Extremely Fine. Unpublished type and denomination for Kyzikos.(0.45gr, 7mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Lucania, Thourioi AR Didrachm or Nomos. Circa 400-350 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Skylla holding trident / Bull butting to right; [ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ] and NY in two lines above, fish to right in exergue. SNG ANS 1053; HN Italy 1790. 7.69gr, 22mm, 2h.
Very Fine. Lightly toned.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Phrygia, Apameia AE 24mm. Circa 88-40 BC. ΑΝΤΙΦΩΝ ΜΕΝΕΚΛΕΟΥΣ (Antiphon, son of Menekles), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Bust of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet and aegis / AΠAMEΩN, eagle, with star above, alighting on base of maeander pattern flanked by Caps of the Dioscuri; ΑΝΤΙΦΩΝ ΜΕΝΕΚΛΕΟΥΣ in two lines below. SNG Copenhagen 164; HGC 7, 67. 9.00gr, 24mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Judaea. First Jewish War AE Prutah. Dated Year 2 (67/8 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
'Year two' in Paleo-Hebrew, amphora with broad rim and two handles / 'The freedom of Zion' in Paleo-Hebrew; vine leaf on small branch with tendril. TJC 196a; Sofaer 11-4; Hendin GBC 6, 6389; Hendin GBC 5, 1360. 2.40gr, 16mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
