LOT 2687
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. Fine.(0.56gr, 9mm, 6h.). [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Philistia (Palestine), Uncertain Mint Fourrée Drachm. Mid 5th century-333 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring and Attic helmet adorned with olive leaves and pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig with berry in upper left field, all within shallow incuse square. For prototype: cf. Gitler & Tal VII.1D. 3.07gr, 16mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AE 19mm. 121/0-97/6 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint. Uncertain date of Seleukid Era.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Diademed and radiate head to right / BAΣIΛ[EΩΣ] ANTIO[XOY] EΠIΦAN[OYΣ], eagle standing to left, sceptre under far wing. HGC 9, 1212. 5.75gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 17mm. AD 17-40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; legend above / Crossed cornucopiae; legend between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 112. 3.65gr, 17mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
