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LOT 3155
Mysia, Parion AR Hemidrachm. 4th century BC.
Bull standing to left, head to right / Gorgoneion. Cf. SNG BN 1384-6. Good Fine.(1.65gr, 13mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
BACIΛЄധC 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. 2.76gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) AR Tetradrachm. Dated RY 28 (143/2 BC). Paphos mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis / BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt, with wings closed; L KH (date) to left, ΠA to right. Svoronos -; CPE II 1468; SNG Berry 1498. 13.26gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Lustrous metal with an attractive old cabinet tone. Minor flan crack at 4h; edge chipped. Very rare example.
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. -
Judaea, Caesarea Maritima AE 'Minim'. Circa 2nd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Head of Hercules to right, wearing taenia / Boar to right. Cf. Hamburger, Caesarea 36-51. 1.29gr, 11mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
