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, Arados AR 1/3 Stater. Circa 380-351/0 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Laureate head of Melkart to right / Galley over waves. Cf. Betlyon 26 (Stater). 3.08gr, 12mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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. 2.29gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
