LOT 3258
Phoenicia. Byblos, 'Aynel (Enylos) AR 1/16 Shekel. Circa 350-326 BC.
Galley to left, containing two hoplites with helmets and round shields; hippocamp to left below / Lion attacking bull to left. E&E-B Group IV.4.2; HGC 10, 139. Near Very Fine.(0.65gr, 10mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Seleukid Empire, Seleukos II Kallinikos AE 16mm. Struck before the revolt of Antiochos Hierax, 246-225 BC. Magnesia on the Maeander mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Diademed bust of Artemis to right, bow and quiver over left shoulder / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY, Apollo standing to left, holding arrow and resting hand on grounded bow; monogram of MOP in outer left field, monogram of ME in outer right field; all within meander border. SC 670; HGC 9, 347. 3.74gr, 16mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 18mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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. 3.32gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. First Jewish War AE Prutah. Dated Year 2 (67/8 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
'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. 2.40gr, 16mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
