LOT 3276
Pharaonic Kingdom of Egypt, Uncertain Pharaoh(s) AR Tetradrachm. Late 5th-mid 4th centuries BC. Imitating Athens.
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring, pearl necklace and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig with berry and crescent moon in upper left field, all within incuse square. Van Alfen pl. 11; Van Alfen, Mechanisms, Group III.A.1, Fig. 3 = Buttrey Type X. Near Very Fine.(16.59gr, 24mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3276
Pharaonic Kingdom of Egypt, Uncertain Pharaoh(s) AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £293
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Phoenicia, Marathos AE 20mm. Dated CY 91 (169/8 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate and draped bust of Ptolemy VI as Hermes to right, with kerykeion over shoulder / Marathos standing slightly to left, holding aphlaston; date (in Phoenician) to left, 'Amrit' in Phoenician to right; Phoenician 'nun' to inner left, 'beth' to lower right. Duyrat, Ateliers 2664–5; HGC 10, 194; DCA 832. 6.93gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 533, 22 February 2023, lot 228. From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Attica, Athens AE 15mm. c.307-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Head of Athena in Corinthian helmet right / ΑΘ/Η, owl standing left within olive wreath. Kroll 50; HGC 4, 1719. 3.43gr, 15mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Judaea, First Jewish War AE Trial(?) Shekel. 1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
Omer cup; date in Hebrew above; inscription in Hebrew around / Sprig of three pomegranates; inscription in Hebrew around. Cf. Meshorer 188; cf. Hendin 656; cf. Bromberg 60-1 (all for AR half shekels). 6.03gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
