LOT 2754
Phoenicia, Berytos AE 20mm. Circa 87/6-82/1 BC.
Turreted bust of Tyche to right / Baal-Berit (Poseidon) in cart drawn by four hippocamps to right, holding phiale and trident; to right, monogram(?) above BH. Cf. HGC 10, 108. Near Very Fine. Very rare.(5.59gr, 20mm, 1h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AR Drachm. 336-323 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £676
Abydos mint. Lifetime issue, struck circa 325-323 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; in left field, male figure standing to left, wearing chlamys; monogram beneath throne. Price 1501; Müller 906. 4.24gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea. Herodians, Herod III Antipas AE Half Unit. 4 BCE-39 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Tiberias mint. Dated RY 33 (29/30 CE). [TIBEPIAC] in two lines within wreath / HPധΔOY [TETPAPXOY], palm branch; across field, L ΛΓ (date). RPC I 4924; Hendin 6236; TJC 81. 5.23gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch with uncertain design (scarab?). Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 17; for another example with similar reverse design cf. Leu Numismatik, Web 31, 704. 5.63gr, 16mm.
Near Very Fine. Very rare with this design on reverse.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
