LOT 3006
Phoenicia. Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Galley to left, containing two hoplites with helmets and round shields; hippocamp to left below / Lion attacking bull to left. Cf. HGC 10, 139. Near Very Fine.(0.70gr, 10mm, 10h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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LOT 3006
Phoenicia. Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
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Seleukid Empire, Seleukos IV Philopator AE Serrate. 187-175 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Bust of Artemis to right, wearing stephane and with quiver over shoulder; [monogram of AB behind?] / Artemis huntress standing facing, head to left, holding spear and with small deer standing to left at her feet; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ to left, monogram of AB or NB to outer right. Cf. SC 1317.3; HGC 9, 591. 5.47gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely rare variant.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
![Group of Fifteen [15] Greek and Other Ancient AE Coins.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/246309-s.jpg)
Group of Fifteen [15] Greek and Other Ancient AE Coins. 2nd century BC-4th century AD.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £65
Various rulers and cities. 77gr total.
Near Fine to Good Very Fine.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. From a private collection, Switzerland; thence by descent. From a private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 103-76 BC. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, upright anchor / 'Yehonatan the King' in paleo-Hebrew between rays of eight-rayed star; all within diadem. Hendin 6189; Meshorer Group K; HGC 10, 637. 2.44gr, 16mm.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s.
