LOT 2957
Phoenicia, Berytus AE 20mm. Circa 40-30 BC.
Laureate head of Baal-Berit (Poseidon) to right, wearing kalathos; trident over shoulder / ΒΗΡ[Υ]-ΤΙΩΝ, Nike advancing to right, holding palm in left hand and wreath in right. BMC Phoenicia 26, pl. VII 15; Rouvier 474 (date above Baal's head). Very Fine. Extremely rare; only one other example on CoinArchives (Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 20, 784).(6.45gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Gaul, Massalia AR Obol. Circa 336-310 BC.
Estimate: £350 - 450 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £190
Bare head of Apollo to left / M-A within wheel of four spokes. Maurel 360. 0.71gr, 10mm, 4h.
Extremely Fine. Small die break on reverse. Sharply detailed; toned with traces of blue-green iridescence on obverse.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005. -
Hunnic Tribes. Hephthalites, Anonymous AR Drachm. Before AD 700.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Countermarked Kirman mint issue of Husrav (Khosrau) II dated RY 31. Crowned Sassanian style bust to right; c/m: forepart of senmerv / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. For coin see SC Tehran 2181-2; for c/m see Göbl, Dokumente KM 3. 3.95gr, 33mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea. First Jewish War AE Prutah. Dated Year 2 (67/8 CE).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Jerusalem mint. 'Year two' in Paleo-Hebrew, amphora with broad rim and two handles / 'The freedom of Zion' in Paleo-Hebrew; vine leaf on small branch with tendril. TJC 196a; Sofaer 11-4; Hendin GBC 6, 6389; Hendin GBC 5, 1360. 2.25gr, 15mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
