LOT 3132
Phoenicia, Marathos AE 20mm. Dated CY 91 (169/8 BC).
Laureate and draped bust of Ptolemy VI as Hermes to right, with kerykeion over shoulder / Marathos standing slightly to left, holding aphlaston; date (in Phoenician) to left, 'Amrit' in Phoenician to right; Phoenician 'nun' to inner left, 'beth' to lower right. Duyrat, Ateliers 2664–5; HGC 10, 194; DCA 832. Very Fine.(6.93gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 533, 22 February 2023, lot 228.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Edom (Idumaea) AR Quarter Shekel-Drachm. 4th century BC. Imitating Athens.
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Helmeted head of Athena to right, degraded to blank dome-like surface / Owl standing to right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to left. GTvA 12-20; HGC 10, 617. 2.19gr, 12mm, 12h.
Good Fine. Surfaces corroded.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (AD 41/2). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Three ears of corn; L Ϛ (date) across fields / BACIΛЄ[ധC AΓPI]ΠA, canopy. RPC I, 4981; TJC 120; Hendin GBC 6, 6274; Hendin GBC 5, 1244; Sofaer 153-6. 2.27gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Attica, Athens AE 15mm. c.307-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Head of Athena in Corinthian helmet right / ΑΘ/Η, owl standing left within olive wreath. Kroll 50; HGC 4, 1719. 3.43gr, 15mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
