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LOT 3049
Mysia, Kyzikos AR Obol. Circa 600-525 BC.
Head of tunny to right, superimposed on head of bull to right / Quadripartite incuse square. For a similar example cf. CNG 88, 290, otherwise unpublished. Very Fine.(0.72gr, 9mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 19mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; [H]-F in Aramaic across fields / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. 4.09gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 103-76 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
[ΒΑΣΙΛΕ]ΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, upright anchor / 'Yehonatan the King' in paleo-Hebrew between rays of eight-rayed star; all within diadem. Hendin 6189; Meshorer Group K; HGC 10, 637. 2.69gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phoenicia, Tyre AE 17mm. Dated CY 51 (76/5 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Head of Tyche to right, veiled and turreted, palm at shoulder / Palm tree, monogram of Tyre to right, AN (date) to left, IEPA-Phoenician letters and A-ΣΥ (ligate) across field. Rouvier 1903, 2126; HGC 10, 364. 3.78gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
